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Aviation Accidents

Recent Posts in Aviation Accidents Category

  • ValuJet Accident 20th Anniversary - Investigators Still Searching for Suspect

    Twenty years have passed since a ValuJet plane went down in the Florida Everglades, fatally killing all 110 of the people who were on board that day. Investigators determined that improperly packaged oxygen generators on the airplane caused a fire, resulting in the fatal aviation accident that took place on May 11, 1996. Investigators are still looking for a man who was one of the mechanics ...
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  • Pilots Sleeping At The Wheel

    How confident would you be if you boarded a plane and the pilot announced he was going to take a cat-nap while you were in the air? Would you believe a recent study in England found fifty-six percent of pilots interviewed admitted they nap, or sleep, at the “wheel” of the plane? Another shocking fact uncovered was twenty-nine percent admitted they had woken up from sleeping to find their copilot ...
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  • Determining Blame In Aviation Accidents

    The two entities involved in the investigation of an aviation accident are the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Both of these agencies monitor and investigate helicopter and airplane accidents. An aviation accident is not merely one that occurs in the air or after a helicopter or airplane has landed, but it can also involve a passenger ...
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