Accidents news
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August 14, 2026
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American Airlines same callsign incident at Phoenix saw a veteran ATC safely guide two Boeing 737s sharing one flight number. The post Phoenix ATC Saves Two American Airlines 737 Jets with Same…
A SpaceX rocket body slammed into the moon earlier this month, showcasing a risk that will increase as humanity establishes a footprint on Earth's nearest neighbor.
The NTSB points to a fan blade fracture after takeoff, caused by a bird strike, with debris that hit the fuselage and broke a passenger window
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On 10 July 2026, a window of a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 broke. A passenger was partially sucked out of the cabin and suffered serious injuries. Ryanair had…
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Aviación Digital, Sp.- A fracture with signs of fatigue at the root of a fan blade is at the center of the investigation into the accident of the Boeing 737-800 operated for Ryanair on the 10th…
The engine of a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 that suffered a serious in-flight failure over Greece in July had been involved in five suspected bird-strike incidents before the fracture…
Bird remains and feathers were found inside the damaged engine of a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 that was involved… The post NTSB: Ryanair 737 engine had five suspected bird strikes before blade failure…
What to Know NTSB investigators found that the Ryanair Boeing 737 involved in a mid-air window blowout that partially sucked out passenger Ljubisa Karovic had not undergone engine modifications…
On October 14, 2004, MK Airlines (7G) Flight 1602, a Boeing 747-244SF, attempted to depart Halifax International Airport (YHZ) for Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ), Spain, but never achieved a safe climb. The…
AW | 2026 08 13 22:13 | INDUSTRY / GOVERNMENT Court orders Boeing to pay US$29 million over ET-302 flight A US court has awarded US$29 million in payment to a victim's family…
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August 13, 2026
Flight safety in Turkey is a major problem in many areas, both civilian and military. Within just a few months, this is already the second F-16 of the Turkish…
A jury in Chicago has awarded the family of a victim of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 crash $29 million in damages. Michael "Mick" Ryan, originally from Ireland…
A U.S. Army AH-64E Apache crashed in Salado, Texas, leaving no survivors and sparking a 100 acres grass fire. A U.S. Army AH-64E attack helicopter crashed at about 1:30 pm Central Standard Time on…
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A Chicago jury has awarded US$29 million in damages to the family of Michael “Mick” Ryan, an Irish-born United Nations employee who died in the 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX…
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American Airlines and the US government have agreed on how to split liability following the aircraft collision over Washington. The specific terms of the agreement remain…
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August 12, 2026
Two people were extricated from a small plane crash three miles east of Ridgefield, Washington, on Monday afternoon, Aug. 10. Both passengers were taken to hospitals, one via ambulance and the other…
Investigation underway after fighter went down near Istanbul during routine mission
A Turkish Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon crashed this Wednesday in Yalova province, in the northeast of the country, while performing a training flight. The accident was…
A Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter crashed during a training flight in the northwestern province of Yalova on… The post Turkish Air Force F-16 crashes near Yalova during training, pilot ejects…
A passenger aircraft of US airline Delta Air Lines made an emergency landing on Saturday shortly after departing Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport…
August 11, 2026
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.— An American Airlines flight bound for Charlotte, North Carolina, was forced to make a dramatic emergency landing shortly after takeoff on Monday after striking a flock of birds…
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The AOPA Air Safety Institute has released an early analysis of a fatal July 2026 Beechcraft Baron crash in Illinois. Two private pilots without instrument ratings encountered severe weather at…
Recent suicides among US cyber personnel should serve as a call to action for implementing durable institutional change, Joshua Stiefel argues.
Unusual accident at Milan-Linate Airport: a Fiat Panda collided without braking with a taxiing private jet, as footage from a surveillance camera shows.
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August 10, 2026
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In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Aug. 5, the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the moon in an uncontrolled collision.
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August 9, 2026
Two pilots died after a heavy-lift Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane helicopter crashed during a wildfire-fighting mission in Utah, United States. The accident occurred in…
Delta Air Lines passengers were forced to evacuate a Boeing 757-200 on escape slides at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International… The post Delta passengers evacuate on escape slides after emergency…
August 8, 2026
Iran opened a new military exhibition at an underground base of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force, displaying wreckage of aircraft and drones it claims to have…
A Falcon 9 upper stage ended up on a collision course with the Moon. While there are no images of the moment of impact, a Korean satellite managed to capture the first images…
August 7, 2026
Military exercise taking place when descending aircraft struck mountain ridge during visual approach in darkness. US investigators have yet to determine why a Beechcraft C90 King Air ambulance…
