Accident Investigation, Causal Factors, Safety Oversight
The 747 freighter was doomed when a massive military vehicle broke free in the cargo hold.
The weight shift alone did not cause the flight crew to lose control of the Boeing 747 freighter when a military vehicle being carried as cargo tore free of its tie-down straps in the aft cargo hold on initial climb from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
Procedures, policies and checklists are an effective way to ensure safety-related tasks are being conducted in a standardized, pragmatic way. They also are, in many cases, a regulatory requirement. But…
Runway Safety (approach and landing), Accident Investigation, Causal Factors
Pressing on in a blinding deluge, the pilots were searching for the runway when the ATR 72 impacted a residential area.
Runway Safety (approach and landing), Accident Investigation, On Record, Runway Safety
The G-IV pilots initiated a rejected takeoff several crucial seconds after realizing that the flight-control lock was engaged.
