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On any take-off
by Thomas P. Turner
Pilots justify the cost and complexity of twin-engine aeroplanes for many reasons—payload, speed and cabin size among them. But the primary...
International accidents 24 February – 23 March 2019
Date 24 February (image above)
Aircraft Boeing 737-800
Location Chittagong-Shah Amanat International Airport (CGP), Bangladesh
Fatalities 1
Description The aircraft was hijacked by a 26-year-old male passenger during...
From the hangar to the runway
American Airlines flight 191, Chicago, 25 May 1979
Adrian Park analyses the deep roots of a disaster that happened forty years ago next month
I don’t...
Communication—it’s what we do all the time
As George Bernard Shaw once said, ‘The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.’
We all think communication is...
Green walls of Salamanca
by Tony Sandeberg, Flight Safety Australia reader
It was my second paragliding adventure to Europe. The first had been the best five weeks of my life,...
Surprise greeting turned into soggy mess
An embarrassing and potentially dangerous incident (its official classification) in Dubai is a reminder that aviation safety extends to when the aircraft is on...
The dollar drain—the reality of ground damage
The recurring nightmare that is ground damage doesn’t disappear when day dawns. But is anything being done to mitigate its effects? Alwyn Brice, who...
Blocked drains led to disregarded warning
An Airbus crew ignored a stall warning after an instrumentation incident, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has found. Water in its pitot tubes had...
No red flag on deactivated engine thrust reversers
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is reminding aircraft maintenance operators of the importance of carrying out functional checks after maintenance. The lesson comes...
In-cabin baggage—the story so far
Sue Rice has worked in the aviation industry for 43 years and was operational cabin crew for 24 years. She has represented Australia at...
