An ‘Inevitable’ Ditching
An engine failure during a trans-oceanic ferry flight forced the pilots of a Cessna 421C…
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Accident Investigation, News, Runway Safety
TSB Issues Preliminary Report on Runway Crash
Jet had been in a 1,100 fpm descent before touchdown at Toronto’s Pearson Airport.
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…
Accident/Incident Investigation, Flight Deck, News
Smoky Distraction
The heavy workload accompanying a smoke-in-the-cockpit event interfered with checklist completion by a Metro 23…
‘A Step Back’
Accident data for 2024 falls short of the ‘exceptional performance’ recorded the previous year, IATA…
‘Pull Up, Captain’
Ignoring terrain warnings and the first officer’s pleas to go-around, the pilot-in-command continued a visual…
Aviation Research, Human Factors, News
Opinion: Co-Designing Safer Skies
The continuing evolution of CRM is prompting the authors’ call for subject matter experts to…
80 Years of Aviation Safety
A Flight Safety Foundation–led effort helped curtail one of aviation’s deadliest killers.
Disinfecting a Cabin at the Speed of Light
Research suggests that continuous, controlled application of UV-C light could significantly limit the spread of…
Human Factors, News, obituaries
James Reason, 1938–2025
An expert in human error, Reason was also a leading proponent of just culture.