FAA Set To Review Safety Of The New Boeing 787 Airliner

January 11th, 2013 | Aviation accident

January 11, 2013 Despite officials such as Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Chief Michael Huerta and Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood giving praise to the new Boeing 787 aircraft, the FAA has issued a statement voicing concerns over several problems the aircraft has had that could potentially lead to a serious accident. USA Today reports… Read More

Air Traffic Control Errors To Blame For Florida Aviation Accident

January 4th, 2013 | Other accidents

January 4, 2013 USA Today says an air traffic controller error was to blame for an airplane accident that occurred on New Year’s Eve at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. A statement from US Airways explained that after a Spirit Airlines flight of an Airbus A320 carrying 167 passengers touched down on the… Read More

President of Small Airline Killed in Plane Crash

December 28th, 2012 | Aviation accident

December 27, 2012 An aviation executive of a small charter airline in Minnesota was killed this month, reports NBC Chicago. The 74-year-old CEO of Bemidji Aviation Services died when the two-engine plane that he was piloting crashed shortly before 3 p.m. on Dec. 5, about a half-mile from Gougar and Offner roads in Manhattan Township… Read More

Man Killed in Small Plane Crash

December 21st, 2012 | Aviation accident

December 21, 201 Considered to be one of the safest airplane to fly, a Diamond Aircraft DA40 airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Valdosta (Georgia) Regional Airport earlier this month, reports The Press Sentinel. A prominent 52-year-old Valdosta business man, who was the pilot and sole occupant of the four-seat, Austrian-made aircraft, died in the crash.… Read More

Small plane crash in Texas Thursday morning kills 2

December 14th, 2012 | Aviation accident

December 14, 2012 The plane departed from Lancaster Regional Airport and crashed near the border of Kaufman and Ellis counties in Texas at about 11 a.m. Thursday, and two men were killed in the crash, reports the Dallas Morning News. A 30-year-old husband and father of two young sons, who had won Thursday’s flight at an… Read More