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August 4, 2026
With a Falcon 9 upper stage set to hit the moon this week, SpaceX says it is working with NASA on ways to prevent similar collisions in the future. The post NASA, SpaceX studying how to prevent…
A cosmic accident separated Earth from its twin billions of years ago—one world became habitable, the other a lead-melting inferno. The post Venus is almost exactly Earth’s size and formed right…
August 3, 2026
Owner group says landing gear mishaps account for more than 40 percent of type accidents.
The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon early Wednesday morning (Aug. 5). Here's what put it on this kamikaze course.
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A vertical stabiliser from a retired jet was used to replace a stabiliser sheared off by a mid-air collision. A Boeing KC-135 aerial refuelling jet that was seriously damaged in March during a…
An uncertificated pilot with no tailwheel or high-performance experience purchased a powerful Yakovlev Yak-55M and immediately crashed it following a string of poor decisions. What can we learn from…
Sightseeing carrier Aerodiana subjected to temporary measure while authorities check regulatory compliance. Peruvian authorities have suspended the operations of air tourism operator Aerodiana while…
"We've had only a single flyby — Voyager 2 in 1989 — and these results make clear there's much more to learn."
Local authorities have confirmed that a plane crash killed all 13 people on board a tourist sightseeing flight over the Nazca Lines in Peru. The tragic accident occurred on Saturday, Aug. 1, when…
The KC-135 tanker that survived a collision over Iraq in March is back in the air. New photos show how the US Air Force quickly repaired the damaged aircraft with the tail fin of another…
reportur.com R. R. | Bogotá | August 2, 2026 Thirteen people, including 11 tourists from Spain, Italy and Germany, died on Saturday in Peru when a light aircraft carrying them to…
Damaged tanker spotted in the UK carrying a vertical stabilizer taken from another Stratotanker
A Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II fighter jet of the US Marine Corps crashed on the afternoon of July 31 near the Air Station…
A US Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker that lost the upper portion of its vertical stabilizer in a mid-air collision over… The post USAF ‘Franken-tanker’ KC-135 flies again with donor tail after Iraq…
A sightseeing flight over the Nazca desert in Peru ended in tragedy. The aircraft, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, crashed, killing everyone on board. On […] Crash of a…
The Bell aircraft, owned by McDermott Aviation, were battling a fire near Porto Germeno in Greece when the rotor of one appeared to strike the underside of the other, causing the lower helicopter to…
It is the largest helicopter model ever series-produced by Bell Helicopter to date. This Sunday, 2 August 2026, two Bell 214ST helicopters belonging to Australian contractor McDermott Aviation…
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August 2, 2026
Two firefighting helicopters collided while battling wildfires west of Athens. One of the helicopters crashed, killing its crew.
The surviving KC-135R Stratotanker from the incident over Iraq in March which saw another Stratotanker lost with six fatalities has been repaired with a replacement vertical stabilizer taken from…
A mid-air collision between two firefighting helicopters battling a fierce forest fire in western Attica triggered a major search and rescue operation on Sunday. PSATHA, Greece — The incident…
Two Bell aircraft taking part in firefighting operations in the Attica region collided in mid-air during
Two helicopters involved in fighting the wildfires ravaging Greece collided in mid-air this Sunday, during an operation in the Psatha region, west of Athens, resulting in the death of…
TAP flight TP217, between Lisbon and Boston, operated by the Airbus A321LR registered CS-TXE, requested an emergency landing at Lajes, Terceira Island, in the Azores. TAP stated that flight TP217…
Two Bell helicopters deployed to fight wildfires collided in mid-air this Sunday (2nd) during an operation to contain a large fire in the Psatha region, west of Attica, in…
The American Bonanza Society has launched the "Put Your Gear Down" campaign to combat landing gear mishaps, the costliest accidents in general aviation. Discover how this new initiative provides…
Here is an air tragedy that may well fuel triskaidekaphobes' fears. This Saturday, 1 August 2026, around midday, a light Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft belonging to the…
Investigators yet to elaborate on nature of emergency call transmitted before Aerodiana aircraft lost contact. Peru’s ministry of transport states that 13 people were on board a Cessna 208 Caravan…
Eleven foreign tourists and two Peruvian pilots lost their lives after the aircraft was engulfed in flames upon impact.
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan operated by Peruvian sightseeing carrier Aerodiana crashed during a tourist flight over Peru’s… The post Tourist plane crashes near Nazca Lines in Peru, killing 13…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. Plumes of thick black smoke rising near a military base are never a welcome sight, and for... The post Stealth in the Dirt: Is the F-35’s Crash…
