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Report on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 Lebanon crash finds pilot error
Fatal Aircraft Accidents
January 19, 2012
On Tuesday, January 17, 2012, the Minister of Public Works & Transportation for Lebanon, Mr. Ghazi El-Aridi, released the final report of the...
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Passengers survive Caribbean Airlines runway overrun in Guyana
Caribbean Airlines
July 30, 2011
A Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 operating as Flight BW-523, registration 9Y-PBM, overshot the runway by 328 feet at Cheddi Jagan International...
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Galley fire on Thomson Airways jet causes panic
Thomson Airways
July 29, 2011
CORRECTION AND RETRACTION: Kindly note that the correct date of this incident was August 26, 2008, and was mistakenly reported as occurring in 2011...
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Loss of cabin pressure forces Ryanair flight to divert
ryanair
July 28, 2011
CORRECTION AND RETRACTION - The actual date of this incident was Monday, August 25, 2008. We apologize to our readers and to Ryanair for this...
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British jet catches fire on Spanish holiday flight
Jet2.com
July 28, 2011
A Boeing 737-800 operated by British low cost airline Jet2.com as Flight LS-170 encountered a fire coming from its right engine shortly after...
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American Airlines announces record aircraft order
American Airlines
July 21, 2011
AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines (AA) announced on Monday, July 20, 2011 the largest order in aviation history of new...
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Continental Airlines engine problem forces emergency landing
Continental Airlines
June 28, 2011
A Continental Airlines Boeing 737-824 operating as Flight CO 409, which took off from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston, Texas...
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Aircraft automation issues raise safety concerns
Aircraft Accidents
February 18, 2011
Gone are the days of the skilled stick and rudder pilot. Modern aircraft depend on computer automation to a greater degree, causing the pilot-in...
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Ethiopia denies pilot error caused Flight 409 to crash
Ethiopian Airlines
January 6, 2011
False charges, speculation, rumors, and words continued to be hurled as ammunition in the batter for truth to determine why Ethiopian Airlines (ET)...
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Lebanon blames pilots for ET Flight 409 crash
Ethiopian Airlines
January 4, 2011
Sources in Beirut, Lebanon confirmed by telephone on Monday, January 3, 2011, that the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC), a cable and...
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