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Situation deadly, but not serious
Saudia Flight 163
19 August 1980, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Lockheed L-1011 Tristar
In-flight fire followed by successful landing
Passengers: 287
Crew: 14
Survivors:...
Take-off accident—DH Comet at Rome
Excerpt from the original Aviation Safety Digest Number 1, 1953
Take-off accident—DH Comet at Rome on 26th October, 1952 (Accident No 7009)
While taking off from...
Life-saving pilot rejected heroic label
Alfred C. Haynes, 31/8/1931–25/8/2019
Al Haynes, the pilot-in-command of the crew of four who landed a DC-10 at Sioux City Airport after its hydraulic flight...
Carbon monoxide signs in crash passenger’s blood
Football player Emiliano Sala had a high level of carbon monoxide in his blood before the aircraft he was travelling in crashed, the United...
Hypoxia lulled pilot into fatal error
Hypoxia indirectly killed the crew of a Canadian survey aircraft, the country’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has found in a recent report. The crew...
Cabin crew: We’re human too
Cabin crew contributor Patricia Green points out that human factors and crew resource management are concepts that extend well beyond the flight deck
Human factors...
Tyre burst highlights foreign object hazard
A recently reported incident involving a medevac flight is a reminder of the hazard posed by foreign object debris (FOD) on runways and taxiways.
An...
Resourceful United crew set example of airmanship
Today is the thirtieth anniversary of a crash that demonstrated beyond all doubt that crew resource management (CRM) is a lifesaving concept.
On July 19,...
A brutal hazing
Flight Safety Australia reader Nic Barnes discovers things are different up north
As a VFR private pilot from Adelaide, I have enjoyed many years of...
‘Smoke and flames’ from charger on airline seat
The latest case of an in-flight lithium-ion device fire highlights the dangers these near-universal portable power sources continue to pose.
Virgin Atlantic flight 138 was...
