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August 12, 2026
"91 Lessons From The Sky: Experimental Aircraft" by Fletcher McKenzie offers survival stories from pilots who lived to tell them. Drawn from NTSB reports and first-hand accounts, this new book…
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing, that resulted in a ground loop and a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the flight…
Wild PR stunt included crash landing of B-25 carrying snakes and alligators.
Italy: several malicious activities observed. Security researchers have identified two phishing sites targeting Telepass customers. Data entered by victims is…
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
Flames were seen shooting from the aircraft’s left engine.
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.
With the war in Ukraine, several Ukrainian attack drones disoriented by Russian electronic jamming have crashed in Latvia, a country with no combat aviation and whose police…
A Ukrainian Air Force pilot was forced to eject from a MiG-29 after an air to air missile malfunction caused the aircraft to catch fire in midair. While flying a counter-unmanned aerial systems…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. With the Twin Engine Deck-Based Fighter (TEDBF) not expected to reach series production before 2038, the Indian... The post Why the Indian Navy…
The commercial ground-based Space Domain Awareness market. Covers radars, telescopes, RF sensors, antennas, and data platforms used to track and characterize objects in orbit, alongside collision…
Unusual accident at Milan-Linate Airport: a Fiat Panda collided without braking with a taxiing private jet, as footage from a surveillance camera shows.
Australian aviation authorities have taken personnel and organisational measures following two incidents on the taxiways of Sydney's Kingsford Smith International Airport. After a…
A ground service vehicle struck a private jet at Milan Linate Airport, prompting an investigation into how the car reached the active runway.
Two pilots were killed when a Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane crashed while dropping water on a wildfire in central… The post Two pilots killed in S-64 Skycrane crash while fighting Utah wildfire appeared…
An incident between a ground handling vehicle and an executive jet drew attention at Milan Linate Airport, in Italy, on Monday, August 10. The collision took place in the…
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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.
The heavy-lift helicopter went down Friday during water-dropping operations on the Widemouth 2 Fire.
Sikorsky S-64 was en route to the Widemouth 2 Fire when it went down near Richfield.
GPIAAF – Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronaves has revealed new details about the accident on August 8 at Portimão Municipal Aerodrome, which caused…
A Cessna 150F aircraft was destroyed and the pilot died as a result of an accident that occurred on August 8 at Portimão Aerodrome, during a banner-towing operation…
A 42-year-old pilot crashed in his Dyn'Aéro MCR4S after taking off from Uetersen airfield. The BFU is investigating the cause of the accident.
The Revolutionary Guard is publicly displaying the wreckage of an F-15E that crashed in April, in an underground facility.
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August 9, 2026
DUBLIN — A Swiss International Air Lines flight bound for Boston was forced to make an emergency diversion to Ireland on August 9, 2026, after declaring a Mayday over the mid-Atlantic due to onboard…
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…
A serious near miss between a Jetstar and Qatar Airways aircraft at Sydney Airport has left a crew member injured, prompting safety concerns.
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…
