Safety News
United Flight 497 Airbus A320 Investigation Update
An update has been issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) into the incident on 4 April 2011 on board a United Airlines Airbus 320-232. The NTSB says United Airlines Flight 497, operated aboard an aircraft registered as N409UA and Airbus A320 serial number 462, returned to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) &hellip Continue reading
United Airlines Airbus A320 Runs Off Runway After Smoke In Cockpit
There is a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) team on its way to investigate an incident involving a United Airbus passenger jet in New Orleans. The safety agency says that on 4 April 2011, at about 7:25 a.m. CDT, an Airbus 320-232 (N409UA), serial number 462, with 109 passengers and crew aboard, operating as United Airlines flight 497, exited the left side of runway 19 at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY). The aircraft had returned to the airport about 20 minutes after take-off due to electrical difficulties and smoke in the cockpit. Continue reading
Video Flashback – FAA Fines Southwest Airlines Over Safety In 2008
Southwest Airlines finds itself in the cross hairs of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over allegations the carrier has flown numerous flights while failing to comply with mandatory inspections as called for by an Airworthiness Directive (AD). Continue reading
Breaking News – Wreckage of Air France Flight 447 Found
The tragic plane crash of Air France Flight 447 may soon see the mystery of the cause and final outcome solved. An announcement by France’s Bureau of Investigations and Analysis (BEAR) said that pieces of the accident aircraft had been located by the searchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. This is breaking news. This &hellip Continue reading
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Suffers Fuselage Failure
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has launched a Go Team to investigate an in-flight fuselage failure 1 April 2011 on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft. The damaged airplane was registered as N632SW. It diverted and landed safely in Yuma, Arizona. UPDATED 1 April 2011: Southwest Airlines Flight 812, the scheduled 3:25 pm departure &hellip Continue reading
