
NTSB Urges Limits on Helicopter Flights Near Site of Fatal Midair
Aircraft data showed at least one event involving loss of separation between aircraft nearing DCA every month for the past 13 years.
The heavy workload accompanying a smoke-in-the-cockpit event interfered with checklist completion by a Metro 23 flight crew, the ATSB says.
Aircraft data showed at least one event involving loss of separation between aircraft nearing DCA every month for the past 13 years.
Accident data for 2024 falls short of the ‘exceptional performance’ recorded the previous year, IATA says.
Ignoring terrain warnings and the first officer’s pleas to go-around, the pilot-in-command continued a visual approach until the ATR 42 struck Lake Victoria.
A Flight Safety Foundation–led effort helped curtail one of aviation’s deadliest killers.