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Summer’s seen—and sometimes unseen—hazards
Summertime flying is usually quite attractive, but it brings a number of considerations for pilots. Several are mentioned frequently enough that pilots know about...
International accidents 1 October to 31 October 2018
Date 1 October
Aircraft Antononv An-2T
Location 42 km (26.3 mls) SE of Uriman, Venezuela
Fatalities Nil
Description The aircraft suffered a loss of engine power over the...
Investigator calls for take-off acceleration monitoring
The British Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has called for a simple data-driven system to detect if aircraft are accelerating normally on take-off, following...
International accidents 1 September–30 September 2018
Date 1 September
Aircraft Boeing 737-8AS (WL)
Location Adler/Sochi Airport (AER), Russia
Fatalities Nil
Description The aircraft suffered a runway excursion accident after landing. Weather was poor with...
Kazakh jet’s wild ride
Details are emerging of an extraordinary and frightening flight by an Embraer ERJ 190 over Portugal last week. The single aisle 97-seat airliner encountered...
It’s always darker on the ground
Close call by Simon Bromiley
I was an occasional jump pilot for a small skydiving operation in Western Australia. It was one of those perfect...
Melbourne VFR lane procedures
Information in this story has been superseded.
It remains here only in the interests of openness.
If you fly VFR around Port Phillip Bay, you...
Blocks and a chain in the sky
The technology behind the cryptocurrency bitcoin is being touted as the solution for managing safety-critical information in aviation. Can this idea fly?
Open any information...
International accidents 1 August–31 August 2018
Date 4 August
Aircraft Junkers Ju-52/3mg4e
Location Piz Segnas, Switzerland
Fatalities 20
Description The aircraft crashed into the western slope of Piz Segnas at an elevation of 2540...
Investigator praises crew in propeller separation
An undetected fatigue crack led to the separation of the right propeller from a Saab 340B over southwestern Sydney in March last year, the...
