Launch Into a Void
Featureless terrain, spatial disorientation and autopilot mode confusion doomed a night overwater departure.
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One Aircraft on Final, One on the Runway
A rapidly delivered and improperly phrased taxi clearance led to a runway incursion and collision.
Inadvertent Descent Below Minimums
The 737 pilots omitted a checklist and forgot to reset their altimeters before a night…
Undetected Fire Causes Electrical Failure
The ERJ flight crew received no warning that a fire had erupted in an avionics…
Engine Ingests Clipboard
Cargo handler had placed paperwork in A320’s cowling to protect it from wind and rain.
Accident/Incident Investigation, On Record
Brake Malfunction Leads to Overrun
Sensing no deceleration, the Challenger pilots disengaged the antiskid system, resulting in three tires bursting.
‘Thirty-Five-Knot Tailwind … Careful’
Shortly after the copilot’s warning, a Challenger came to rest inverted off the side of…
‘Unable to Cope’
Affected by exhaustion and alcohol, the captain of a 737 could not make effective decisions…