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October 16, 2026
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An American Airlines flight that had just departed from Chicago O’Hare on Friday afternoon made an emergency return to the airport after flight attendants suspected a fire in the trash can in the…
Air India flight AI2030 from Frankfurt to New Delhi (Boeing 787-9 registered VT-TSE) diverted to Jaipur (JAI) on Wednesday after reportedly transmitting a hijack alert. Authorities have not…
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Just Before Deadly Helicopter Crash off Catalina Island, Another Chopper Nearly Went Down, NTSB Says
The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking to determine what led to the incident with a Mercy Air Eurocopter bound for Harbor-UCLA Medical Center from Catalina Island’s Pebbly Beach on Sept. 30
ESA reports on the state of low-Earth orbit. The number of satellites in orbit is skyrocketing, along with the chance for collisions and on-ground casualties. The post Space is getting crowded…
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October 15, 2026
Another medical helicopter reportedly contacted the water moments before a separate flight crashed, killing three people.
A 74-year-old pilot escaped with minor injuries after the engine fell off his Cessna 210 shortly after takeoff… The post Pilot survives Louisiana Cessna crash after engine falls off appeared first…
Pilot survives accident in Louisiana after aircraft's engine breaks away in flight.
Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to break down the cause of a remarkable formation of radio waves they have nicknamed the "Treble Clef" because its distinct shape strongly…
An airBaltic A220-300 aircraft registered YL-ABS arriving from Berlin as flight SN2590 on behalf of Brussels Airlines made an emergency landing at Brussels Airport on Wednesday evening, 14 October…
Raising awareness of this situation, which leads to accidents. The BEA has just published a safety study on the second flight regime. This phenomenon is highlighted in several…
Three single-engine aircraft set off on an Alpine tour, but the Remos GX HB-WYI fails to clear the Col de Sonlomont. The stall leads to the crash.
A Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 caught fire and crashed in August during a combat mission in the Odesa region. Accident investigators now suspect: was it the aircraft's own guided missile…
October 14, 2026
The pilot of a Piper JetProp DLX single-engine turboprop reported encountering icing and requested a descent before the… The post Pilot reported icing before Wisconsin Piper JetProp crash that…
Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to break down the cause of a remarkable formation of radio waves they have nicknamed the “Treble Clef” because its distinct shape strongly…
Sauk County authorities say five adults and one child died in the Oct. 13 crash near Wisconsin Dells.
The US military needs to find a balance of drone inventory and training consumption that produces the most combat value for its money, writes Col. Dustin Thomas of DCMA.
The space industry is rapidly expanding. About 20,000 satellites already circle Earth, a number that could reach 100,000 by 2030. They bring growing environmental costs: space debris, collision…
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On Oct. 6, a Delta Air Lines Airbus A350 hit the tail of an Air Canada Boeing 777 while taxiing for departure at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The collision left the wingtip stuck in the…
NASA's DART mission made a cosmic mess four years ago — and now a new spacecraft is ready to scout out exactly what the first-of-its-kind collision accomplished.
Reading About Aircraft Accidents and My Bag of Clues Air Facts Journal So what motivates me to look up a particular accident? I want to learn something, some bit of knowledge, some clue for my clue…
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October 13, 2026
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Emergency airworthiness directive prohibits further flights of the French-built trainer as investigators work to determine the cause of a fatal accident.
Workers accidentally cut the cable while carrying out plumbing repairs.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a stabilized approach, resulting in a runway excursion and subsequent collision with trees. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to…
Initial findings are in on the crash of the Elixir on 1 October, which led to the grounding of the entire fleet. According to French accident investigation authority BEA, a lost…
With the PowerFLARM Flex, the Swiss manufacturer launched a portable collision-avoidance device. Following reports of suboptimal reception on the 1090 MHz ADS-B frequency…
A Colombian airline Avianca Airbus A320 had to make an unscheduled safety landing in the early hours of 9 October 2026, during flight AV42 from Medellín to New York…
This article was originally published on idrw.org. Two Pakistan Army pilots were killed on Monday after their training aircraft crashed due to a technical... Read the full article on idrw.org…
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If the thought of extraterrestrial objects crashing into Earth weren’t creepy enough, behold Australia’s Spider Crater. The post An Impact Structure With Legs appeared first on NASA Science .
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October 12, 2026
A new Army report identifies systemic failures behind the January collision between a UH-60L Black Hawk and American Airlines Flight 5342 near Washington.
DHC-4 Crashing after Take Off with Controls Locked The shocking footage in this post is the result of A Poor (or no) Preflight: a crew of three was on board the DHC-4 Caribou, and no one checked the…
