The place where you can discuss and learn from aviation accidents and or incidents.
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Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:52 pm
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Southwest B737 engine damage takes out passenger window
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Enuf Sed 
» Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:36 am
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Southwest B737 engine damage takes out passenger window
A Southwest Boeing 737-700, registration N772SW performing flight WN-1380 from New York La Guardia,NY to Dallas Love,TX (USA) with 143...
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NTSB: Engine in deadly Southwest jet incident missing a fan blade
Philadelphia (CNN)Passengers aboard a Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines flight Tuesday struggled to pull a woman back into the plane...
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Last post by Bell 407
Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:57 am
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Swiss A343 hydraulic leak at ORT
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avi-addict » Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:15 pm
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Swiss A343 hydraulic leak at ORT
A Swiss International Airlines Airbus A340-300, registration HB-JMC performing flight LX-289 from Johannesburg (South Africa) to Zurich (Switzerland) with 231...
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Maybe maintenance missed to bleed the HYD System after fixing the leak :thinking:
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Last post by Bell 407
Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:17 am
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Algerian military plane crash - 257 reported fatalities
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Les Nessman 
» Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:35 pm
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An IL-76 has crashed shortly after takeoff at the Boufarik military base killing up to 257 military personnel and their family members.
Fox News
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A lot of passengers in that plane. It appears it was in a banked attitude when it came down.
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Last post by Raffles
Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:57 pm
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Mega AN26 at left main gear collapse on landing Wau
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Enuf Sed 
» Sat Apr 07, 2018 12:12 pm
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Mega AN26 at left main gear collapse on landing Wau
A Mega Airlines Antonov AN-26 on behalf of Ultimate Air, registration UP-AN607 performing a cargo flight from Kuajok to Wau (South Sudan) with 5...
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Ouch! :yikes: Did they land hard on one gear?
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Last post by Raffles
Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:19 pm
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Embry-Riddle PA28 crash during FAA check ride claims 2 lives
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Raffles 
» Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:50 pm
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From Embry-Riddle newsroom
It is with profound sadness that I must inform you of an aircraft accident today that resulted in the loss of one of our student pilots as well as a passenger who was a...
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Other reports mention a wing separated from the aircraft. Embry-Riddle is a top notch university.
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Last post by Raffles
Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:02 am
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Last post by Bell 407
Tue Mar 27, 2018 1:36 pm
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Last post by Bell 407
Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:48 am
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Iran Aseman Airlines flight 3704 crash: 66 fatalities
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Les Nessman 
» Sun Feb 18, 2018 3:48 pm
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Status: Preliminary
Date: Sunday 18 February 2018
Time: ca 09:26
Type: ATR 72-212
Operator: Iran Aseman Airlines
Registration: EP-ATS
C/n / msn: 391
First flight: 1993-10-26 (24 years 4 months)...
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Sad news. Might be weather related CFIT.
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Last post by Raffles
Sun Feb 18, 2018 4:47 pm
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71 die in plane crash near Moscow
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avi-addict » Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:27 pm
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Saratov A148 at Moscow lost height after departure
A Saratov Airlines Antonov AN-148-100, registration RA-61704 performing flight 6W-703 from Moscow Domodedovo to Orsk (Russia) with 65 passengers...
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In the afternoon of Feb 13th 2018 the MAK reported, that decoding of the FDR data has been completed. Preliminary analysis shows, that the pitot heatings for all three pitot probes were off while the...
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Last post by Raffles
Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:20 am
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[Video] Aeroflot Airbus A320 on board fire caused by power bank
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Les Nessman 
» Thu Feb 01, 2018 3:15 pm
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Retrieved from Aviation-Safety.net
Video at the Daily Mail
Date: 31-JAN-2018
Time:
Type: Airbus A320-214 (WL)
Owner/operator: Aeroflot - Russian Airlines
Registration: VQ-BPU
C/n / msn: 5921...
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and even luckier that someone didn't throw vodka on by mistake!
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Last post by Bell 407
Fri Feb 02, 2018 7:00 am
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Pegasus B738 runway excursion at Trabzon, Turkey
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Bell 407 
» Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:14 pm
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Pegasus B738 runway excursion at Trabzon, Turkey
A Pegasus Boeing 737-800, registration TC-CPF performing flight PC-8622 from Ankara to Trabzon (Turkey) with 162 passengers and 6 crew, landed on...
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Short sinopsys of the Pegasus RWY excursion yesterday from an unknown source!:
Fo is pf weather is at minimums. They are expecting to see the runway at minimums. At minimums they see the runway fo...
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Last post by Raffles
Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:46 pm
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The pilot of a Gulfstream 150 jet killed while opening door.
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Raffles 
» Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:43 am
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This is really weird. How can someone be killed by the door? Unless maybe if they are on the outside and the plane is pressurised.
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Maybe GD can make something of this forum? It is in Finnish.
From what I gather the pilot opened the door from the outside and it opened violently onto him. The APU was running at the time. It...
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Last post by Raffles
Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:56 am
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DHC-2 Beaver crash into river near Sydney - 6 fatalities
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Les Nessman 
» Sun Dec 31, 2017 12:47 pm
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Six people have died after a seaplane crashed into a river in Australia some 30 miles (50km) north of Sydney.
The crash happened on the Hawkesbury River near the suburb of Cowan, New South Wales...
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That is one of the better characteristics of humans, and even sometimes in the animal kingdom.
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Last post by Raffles
Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:44 am
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Cessna 208B crash Costa Rica : 12 deceased
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Les Nessman 
» Mon Jan 01, 2018 1:47 pm
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American family of five is among 10 US citizens killed after their sightseeing plane crashed in Costa Rica mountains
The plane came down in the Guanacaste, northwest Costa Rica with 12 on board...
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Sad indeed :thinking:
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Last post by Bell 407
Tue Jan 02, 2018 12:14 pm
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Cessna 208B crash Tanzania 2017-09-15, 11 deceased
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Raffles 
» Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:00 pm
Some pictures of the crashed plane in the Daily Mail write-up.
Victims were 2 Americans, 2 Germans, 6 Tanzanians and a Saffer pilot. :rip2:
Any news about who the pilot was?
Read it at the Daily...
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Last post by Raffles
Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:00 pm
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Airlink flight lost two engines during flight
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avi-addict » Thu Nov 09, 2017 2:45 pm
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Airlink flight makes emergency landing at OR Tambo
08:37 09/11/2017 Gabi Zietsman
Cape Town - An Airlink plane flying from Harare to Johannesburg had to make an emergency landing following engine...
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Sjoe, that's quite a bit of dame. Lucky it was outwards away from the fuselage :thinking:
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Last post by Bell 407
Fri Nov 10, 2017 5:31 pm
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Last post by Bell 407
Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:04 pm
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Pilots lucky escape after emergency landing outside of Letsitele
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howie 
» Fri Oct 20, 2017 2:54 pm
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Pilots lucky escape after emergency landing outside of Letsitele
A man escaped injury this afternoon when he had to perform an emergency landing of his light aircraft on the R529 outside of...
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I'm sure it will polish out.
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Sun Oct 22, 2017 8:34 am
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Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:30 pm
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