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On January 7, 2013, a battery overheated and started a fire in an empty 787 operated by Japan Airlines (JAL) at Boston's Logan International Airport. [4] [5] On January 9, United Airlines reported a problem in one of its six 787s. The wiring was located in the same area as where the battery fire occurred on JAL's airliner; subsequently, the U.S ...
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
The article FCC to State the Obvious: Cell Phones Don't Crash Airplanes originally appeared on Fool.com. Fool contributor Rich Smith is not a frequent flyer, and he'll give you three guesses why ...
LI figure skater mourns DC plane crash victims — including ‘baby skating sister’: ‘Like a really bad nightmare’ Authorities have yet to determine a reason for the collision.
The U.S. Air Force's F-16D Ground Collision Avoidance Technology (GCAT) aircraft. An airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS, usually pronounced as ay-kas) operates independently of ground-based equipment and air traffic control in warning pilots of the presence of other aircraft that may present a threat of collision. If the risk of ...
C y r i l l i c u s, flickr Have you ever hurriedly sent a last-minute text message during take-off, or disembarked from a plane only to find that you forgot to turn off your cell phone off in the ...
Until moments before the crash, Flight 5719 was uneventful and no emergency was declared. [6] The plane was cleared for a landing on runway 31 at Hibbing, but the flight crew requested an approach to runway 13 instead, because there was a tailwind on the approach to runway 31, which was also covered with precipitation. [ 5 ]
Minutes before the crash, the crew of Flight 420 reported that there was a fire on board the aircraft. Inspection on Flight 420's wreckage confirmed that fire indeed had occurred in mid-flight. Constable Gilles Deziel, who had toured the crash site, stated that "three quarters of the plane was all burned and all black".