Alaska Sightseeing Planes’ Crash Blamed on Blocked Views, Failed Alerts Systems April 22, 2021 By Becky Bohrer and Tom Krisher Two Alaska sightseeing planes collided in 2019 because the views of the pilots were obscured and aircraft-tracking systems failed to...
Senator Urges FAA Mandate Data Recorders in Helicopters June 19, 2019 By Michael Balsamo The Senate’s top Democrat called on the Federal Aviation Administration Sunday to heed warnings from federal safety investigators and require...
Recording Indicates Amazon Cargo Jet Crew Lost Control Seconds Before Crash March 7, 2019 By Alan Levin (Bloomberg) -- Recorded conversations by pilots on a cargo jet carrying packages for Amazon.com Inc. that crashed last month near Houston reveal...
Federal Safety Agencies Investigating 2 Fatal Tesla Crashes in Florida March 4, 2019 By David Shepardson U.S. authorities are investigating a fatal Tesla Inc. Model S crash in Florida last Sunday that killed the driver and...
Texas Hot Air Balloon Pilot on More Than 10 Meds Before Fatal Flight December 12, 2016 The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas in July, killing 16 people, was taking medications that...
Pilots’ Fatigue Cited in Probe of Fatal UPS Plane Crash September 9, 2014 By Alan Levin Fatigued United Parcel Service Inc. pilots committed multiple errors before their airplane slammed into a hillside last year in Alabama,...
Gulfstream Jet Design Warning Sheds Light on Katz Crash August 22, 2014 By Alan Levin and Thomas Black Gulfstream jet pilots received notice from the company that a safety device designed to prevent accidents like the one that...