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Aviation Safety Investigation

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Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509: Bad attitude 04 Aug 2016 10:09 13 Aug 2012 08:53
Tenerife Airport Disaster 04 Apr 2016 21:15 08 Sep 2012 11:22
Aeroflot Flight 593: Children in the Cockpit 15 Oct 2012 06:13 11 Sep 2009 02:03
N9253N - Loss of Orientation (A Human Factor Analysis) 29 Sep 2012 11:30 29 Sep 2012 08:06
TANS Peru Flight 204-Blind Landing 28 Sep 2012 00:07 27 Sep 2012 21:05
Tiger Flight 66 24 Sep 2012 13:14 24 Sep 2012 13:14
Scandinavian Airlines flight 751 - Pilot betrayed 14 Sep 2012 08:49 05 Oct 2011 14:16
Qantas flight 72 - Pilot error 13 Sep 2012 07:57 05 Oct 2011 12:13
British Airways Flight 009 – Down by volcanic ash 13 Sep 2012 07:35 26 Sep 2009 02:47
China Airlines Flight 006: Pilot Error 10 Sep 2012 02:43 21 Sep 2009 17:45
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 06 Sep 2012 04:39 06 Sep 2012 04:39
Air China flight 129 06 Sep 2012 00:21 13 Aug 2012 13:57
Delta Air Lines Flight 554: Undershot Landing 29 Aug 2012 23:58 23 Aug 2012 14:09
American Airlines Flight 1420: Racing the Storm 29 Aug 2012 10:22 14 Sep 2010 10:01
Air New Zealand Flight 901: whiteout on Mount Erebus 29 Aug 2012 07:48 31 Mar 2009 22:55
Air Transport International DC-8-63: Uncontrolled Collision with Terrain 23 Aug 2012 14:12 23 Aug 2012 13:36
Air Ontario flight 1363 - Cold case 23 Aug 2012 13:50 05 Oct 2011 10:16
Air France flight 447 - Lost 22 Aug 2012 02:45 05 Oct 2011 10:25
Qantas Flight 32 15 Aug 2012 03:40 15 Aug 2012 03:40
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120: Under pressure 15 Aug 2012 02:24 13 Aug 2012 09:16
Japan Airlines Flight 123: bulkhead failure over Japan 05 Aug 2012 04:40 20 Mar 2009 06:12
Adam Air Flight 574: lost in flight 14 Nov 2011 03:35 20 Mar 2009 13:41
British Midland Flight 092: pilot error 14 Nov 2011 03:16 11 May 2009 02:57
Polish Air Force Tu-154M Crash at Smolensk, Russia 21 Oct 2011 04:11 22 Aug 2011 23:16
Colgan Air Flight 3407: Dead Tired 21 Oct 2011 04:09 25 Sep 2011 04:41
Aeroperú Flight 603: Flying Blind 21 Oct 2011 04:08 31 Aug 2011 05:42
Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 - CFIT Analysis 20 Oct 2011 04:34 18 Oct 2011 00:16
Adam Air Flight 574 - Analysis 18 Oct 2011 05:58 18 Oct 2011 05:58
Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 & DHL Flight 611: mid-air collision - analysis 18 Oct 2011 04:59 18 Oct 2011 04:55
Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 & DHL Flight 611: mid-air collision 18 Oct 2011 04:58 11 Mar 2009 01:39
Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 - Dramatisation 17 Oct 2011 23:56 17 Sep 2009 11:22
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 & Cessna 172 - mid-air collision 17 Oct 2011 21:43 16 Oct 2011 02:08
USAF IFO-21 - CFIT - Analysis 17 Oct 2011 21:40 17 Oct 2011 04:56
United States Air Force (USAF) CT-43 - Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) 17 Oct 2011 04:17 01 Oct 2011 04:41
Partnair flight 394 - Blown apart 15 Oct 2011 06:31 05 Oct 2011 12:25
American Airlines flight 11 - Terrorism 15 Oct 2011 06:30 05 Oct 2011 11:31
British Airways flight 38 - Crash landing 15 Oct 2011 06:26 05 Oct 2011 11:42
British Airtours flight 28M - Runway disaster 15 Oct 2011 06:24 05 Oct 2011 13:52
Ethiopian Airlines flight 961 - Ocean landing 15 Oct 2011 06:23 05 Oct 2011 14:47
Aeroméxico flight 498 & Piper 4891 - Mid-air collision 15 Oct 2011 06:19 09 Sep 2009 11:15
Iran Air flight 655 - Mistaken identity 15 Oct 2011 06:19 18 Sep 2009 01:25
ZK-KWI - CFIT accident near NZWN 15 Oct 2011 01:17 14 Oct 2011 01:16
ICAM 12 Oct 2011 11:40 12 Oct 2011 10:33
United Airlines Flight 585 - Hidden Danger 12 Oct 2011 11:02 01 Oct 2011 02:24
Northwest Airlines Flight 255 - Cockpit Chaos 12 Oct 2011 10:39 01 Oct 2011 03:23
Arrow Air Flight 1285 12 Oct 2011 10:02 01 Oct 2011 10:25
Cessna 310R: N501N. July 10, 2007 11 Oct 2011 09:52 11 Oct 2011 09:52
Pilatus PC-12/45, N128CM. March 22, 2009 09 Oct 2011 11:18 09 Oct 2011 11:18
Empire Airlines Flight 8284 09 Oct 2011 10:47 09 Oct 2011 10:37
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 04 Oct 2011 08:15 25 Sep 2011 09:52
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 - Analysis 04 Oct 2011 07:57 26 Sep 2011 08:59
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 - Dramatisation 04 Oct 2011 07:53 04 Oct 2011 07:53
Air Inter Flight 148 - Analysis 04 Oct 2011 05:22 26 Sep 2011 00:45
Crossair Flight 3597 - Analysis 04 Oct 2011 03:44 25 Sep 2011 03:28
Air Inter Flight 148 - Dramatisation 04 Oct 2011 02:06 04 Oct 2011 02:06
FedEx Express Flight 80: Crash-landed in high winds condition 01 Oct 2011 06:24 12 Sep 2011 09:41
Crossair Flight 3597 - Dramatisation 30 Sep 2011 08:02 30 Sep 2011 08:02
Northwest Airlines Flight 253 26 Sep 2011 02:22 20 Sep 2011 01:46
United Airlines Flight 1448: Runway Incursion 23 Sep 2011 00:21 23 Sep 2011 00:21
TWA Flight 800 22 Sep 2011 09:42 22 Sep 2011 09:42
Ansett Flight 703 Accident 17 Sep 2011 03:10 05 Sep 2010 23:42
Air traffic conflict event near Port Macquarie, NSW 08 Sep 2011 05:38 08 Sep 2011 05:33
Varig Flight 254: Downed by a decimal point 07 Sep 2011 02:59 18 Aug 2010 22:42
Loss of Pitch Control Beechcraft 1900D Timeline 28 Aug 2011 22:20 20 Apr 2009 07:23
Alaska Airlines Flight 261:Accidents involving Dirty Dozen 26 Aug 2011 22:29 06 Sep 2009 06:42
Korean Air Flight 801: ILS-assisted crash at Guam 18 Aug 2011 23:00 20 Mar 2009 09:09
Accident in Blenheim 18 Aug 2011 12:25 14 Aug 2011 10:30
Eagle Air Flight NZ2854: Cargo door open in flight 05 Aug 2011 04:04 05 Aug 2011 04:04
Air Midwest Flight 5481: overloading and dirty dozen factors 05 Aug 2011 02:28 20 Mar 2009 08:26
Airmiss Incident in London 15 Oct 2010 10:31 15 Oct 2010 10:30
Near collision at Sydney Kingsford Smith airport 1990 11 Oct 2010 11:38 11 Oct 2010 11:38
Turjish Airlines 1951 09 Oct 2010 03:29 09 Oct 2010 03:29
Luxair Flight 9642 Accident 05 Oct 2010 06:58 21 Sep 2010 01:12
XL Airways Germany Flight 888T Accident 05 Oct 2010 06:58 22 Sep 2010 02:14
Pan Am Flight 103 04 Oct 2010 09:19 26 Sep 2009 05:59
American Airlines Flight 965: crash on the mountain 04 Oct 2010 09:07 18 Sep 2009 02:24
El Al Flight 1862: crash into a residential area in Amsterdam 04 Oct 2010 09:03 19 Mar 2009 12:40
SilkAir Flight 185: Controversial Crash 04 Oct 2010 08:59 23 Sep 2009 16:55
Fairchild AFB, B-52 crash 04 Oct 2010 06:55 22 Sep 2009 02:07
Flash Airlines: Flight 604 Crash 04 Oct 2010 03:51 11 Sep 2009 00:50
Aeroflot - Nord 821 01 Oct 2010 13:01 01 Oct 2010 13:01
Southwest Flight 1248 30 Sep 2010 08:55 30 Sep 2010 08:55
Spectrum LLC 33 25 Sep 2010 22:07 25 Sep 2010 22:02
NZ 60 23 Sep 2010 02:33 18 Sep 2010 11:02
Philippine 137 21 Sep 2010 05:23 21 Sep 2010 05:23
Eastern Air Flight 885 13 Sep 2010 08:20 20 Aug 2010 10:41
Fatal Gliding Accidents in New Zealand 12 Sep 2010 02:40 29 Aug 2010 08:46
D-2929, December 2007 – Controlled Flight Into Terrain 11 Sep 2010 05:23 10 Sep 2010 08:18
Gulf Air Flight 42 10 Sep 2010 12:50 27 Aug 2010 11:47
Qantas Flight 001: Runway Overrun 10 Sep 2010 12:50 25 Aug 2010 04:23
ZK-GVW, January 2002 – Inadvertent Spin While Ridge Soaring 10 Sep 2010 09:25 29 Aug 2010 02:23
ZK-GTR, January 1999 - In-flight Incapacitation Leading to Loss of Control 10 Sep 2010 09:25 30 Aug 2010 07:40
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 29 Aug 2010 09:03 19 Aug 2010 08:34
Korean Air Flight 007: Soviet Shootdown 24 Aug 2010 22:00 12 Aug 2010 02:30
ValuJet Flight 592: Cargo fire 24 Aug 2010 21:57 22 Aug 2010 04:51
Communication error Between ATC and Pilot 21 Aug 2010 15:58 21 Aug 2010 13:22
Turkish Airlines TK 981: Fatal Design Flaws 25 Mar 2010 21:31 27 Sep 2009 22:46
Ethiopian Airlines 25 January 2010 01 Feb 2010 08:03 01 Feb 2010 08:00
Airlines PNG Twin Otter Kokoda Track crash 12 Oct 2009 08:05 12 Oct 2009 08:05
Philippine Airlines Flight 434 06 Oct 2009 01:00 21 Sep 2009 05:46
Egypt Air 990 06 Oct 2009 00:57 21 Sep 2009 05:38
Avianca Flight 52: Deadly Delay 06 Oct 2009 00:55 09 Sep 2009 10:48
British Airways Flight 5390- Blow Out 06 Oct 2009 00:52 16 Sep 2009 06:03
American Airlines Flight 96- behind the closed doors 06 Oct 2009 00:51 16 Sep 2009 04:30
Air Canada Flight 797-Fire Fight 06 Oct 2009 00:42 16 Sep 2009 06:11
Airbus 340-600 Crash: A Study on HFACS 02 Oct 2009 05:33 02 Sep 2009 12:26
Turkish Airlines TK 1951: Radio Altimeter Failure 01 Oct 2009 09:21 25 Sep 2009 01:08
Delta Airlines Flight 191: Microburst 27 Sep 2009 10:20 21 Sep 2009 18:22
Air India Flight 182 - mid air explosion 27 Sep 2009 03:01 27 Sep 2009 03:01
FedEx Flight 705 - Airmanship. 26 Sep 2009 05:51 26 Sep 2009 03:45
Air Florida flight 90 24 Sep 2009 03:51 24 Sep 2009 03:51
American Eagle Flight 4184 24 Sep 2009 02:19 22 Sep 2009 23:23
Helios Airways Flight 522 - Ghost Plane 23 Sep 2009 11:29 17 Sep 2009 02:36
Spanair Flight JK5022: Lessons on Accident Causal Chain 22 Sep 2009 06:20 30 Aug 2009 07:08
Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907- Radio Silence 22 Sep 2009 05:49 16 Sep 2009 06:06
Birgenair Flight 301- Underlay error 22 Sep 2009 05:01 09 Sep 2009 11:58
Tuninter Flight 1153: Ditching at sea 22 Sep 2009 03:52 22 Sep 2009 03:52
Southern Airways Flight 242: Severe Weather 22 Sep 2009 02:39 22 Sep 2009 02:39
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529: In Flight Loss of Propeller Blade Forced Landing 21 Sep 2009 15:50 21 Sep 2009 15:50
Air Transat Flight 236: All Engines-Out Landing due Fuel Exhaustion 21 Sep 2009 15:19 21 Sep 2009 10:50
American Airlines Flight 587 - Belle Harbor 18 Sep 2009 03:52 18 Sep 2009 03:52
United Airlines Flight 232: loss of flight controls 17 Sep 2009 06:00 20 Mar 2009 17:21
Air France Flight 4590: Concorde downed by debris 17 Sep 2009 04:57 20 Mar 2009 18:55
United Airlines Flight 811: explosive decompression 17 Sep 2009 03:52 16 Sep 2009 04:15
Air Canada Flight 143: fuel starvation 16 Sep 2009 05:45 27 Aug 2009 02:44
Swissair Flight 111: fire onboard 16 Sep 2009 05:02 15 Sep 2009 04:58
Aloha Airlines Flight 243: explosive decompression 13 Sep 2009 07:30 23 Mar 2009 01:11
ZK-FGS, Aug 2005 - Spatial Disorientation in Poor Weather 25 Aug 2009 13:52 25 Aug 2009 13:41
ZK-JLB, Jan 2008 - CFIT in Mountainous Area 24 Aug 2009 06:59 24 Aug 2009 05:18
ZK-DYY, Nov 2006 - Aerodynamic Stall/Spin 24 Aug 2009 06:57 24 Aug 2009 06:37
KLM Flight 4805 & Pan Am Flight 1736: collision on the runway 14 May 2009 02:40 05 May 2009 23:12
Bristow Flight 56C: downed by lightning 01 May 2009 03:47 17 Apr 2009 05:19
US Airways Flight 1549: multiple bird strikes 27 Apr 2009 02:10 30 Mar 2009 10:44
Air France Flight 358: bad landing 27 Apr 2009 02:09 22 Mar 2009 12:45
China Airlines Flight 611: shattered in seconds by metal fatigue 27 Apr 2009 02:00 20 Mar 2009 06:19
Air France Flight 296: fly-by-wire crash 27 Apr 2009 00:57 23 Mar 2009 07:15
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 24 Apr 2009 02:05 22 Mar 2009 11:01
Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 & Air Kazakhstan Flight 1907: head-on collision 24 Apr 2009 00:22 17 Apr 2009 06:48

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