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The International Board for Research into Aircraft Crash Events (IBRACE) was founded on 21 November 2016 by a group of subject-matter experts in aviation (cabin safety and accident/incident investigation), engineering (sled-impact testing, aerospace materials, lightweight advanced-composite structures, and air transport safety and investigation), clinical medicine (specifically, orthopaedic ...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.In this role, the NTSB investigates and reports on aviation accidents and incidents, certain types of highway crashes, ship and marine accidents, pipeline incidents, bridge failures, and railroad accidents. [3]
Author: NTSB: Short title: Loss of Control and Impact with Pacific Ocean Alaska Airlines Flight 261; Image title: Aircraft Accident Report; Date and time of digitizing
The NTSB report concludes the controller "created a situation that would make it impossible for the captain to configure his aircraft in the manner specified in the flight manual". [1] A reluctance to declare a missed approach pervaded the descent. Radar controller, captain, first officer and flight engineer all had indications of an out of the ...
Not investigated by NTSB [17] 2023-08-11 San Diego International Airport, California A Cessna Citation aircraft overflew a Southwest aircraft by about 100 feet. A [18] OPS23FA010 [19] 2024-04-17 John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York Swiss Air Flight LX17 was cleared to take off at runway 04L. Four other planes were cleared to cross ...
The accident is under investigation and a preliminary report is expected in two or three weeks, the agency said. The accident involved an Embraer 170 aircraft operated by regional carrier Envoy ...
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the national civil aviation authorities support and encourage the collection of light aircraft accident data in order to provide more in-depth statistics and analysis. In the UK, there were 27 fatal accidents involving GA aircraft in 2007, resulting in the loss of 48 lives.
The NTSB said Boeing's 737 flight manual instructs pilots facing a jammed rudder to overpower the system by applying "maximum force." But the board warned that such force on faulty rudders could