Exchange from cockpit voice recorder reveals dialogue that may have contributed to mid-air collision The cockpit voice recorder on the jet that survived a midair collision over the Amazon jungle includes a conversation in which a controller instructed the American pilots to maintain their altitude rather than descend as stated in the flight plan, according [...]

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BA jet crash scare terrorThe Sun, UK - Oct 21, 2006… Airways jet was forced to dive 600ft to avoid a mid-air collision with another … the command "descend, descend, descend" and pilots threw the aircraft into a … Read more…

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Says US Pilots Did Follow Flight Plan The two US pilots still in Brazil were following their flight plan. So says Brazil’s Defense Minister Waldir Pires. The two remain in Brazil as the investigation of a suspected mid-air collision continues. They gave up their passports on a judge’s order and have been cooperating with investigators [...]

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A video has been released on the internet showing the sequence of events that led to the January 1992 Air Inter Airbus A320 crash into Mount Saint Odile, days before a French tribunal is due to rule on involuntary manslaughter charges faced by six aviation officials. The accident killed 87 passengers onboard the A320-100 when [...]

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A video has been released on the internet showing the sequence of events that led to the January 1992 Air Inter Airbus A320 crash into Mount Saint Odile, days before a French tribunal is due to rule on involuntary manslaughter charges faced by six aviation officials. The accident killed 87 passengers onboard the A320-100 when [...]

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Swedish investigators have raised concerns over aircraft door design after discovering that a perfectly-functional exit was rendered useless during an evacuation because a flight attendant did not have the strength to open it. The evacuation from an SN Brussels Airlines BAE Systems Avro RJ85 at Gothenburg on 10 March followed the collapse of the jet’s [...]

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Two former Southwest pilots, three air show boosters were victimsKVOA.com, AZ - Oct 21, 2006… MiG pilot had reported that there may have been a mid-air collision before the … may have sustained a mechanical failure, causing a separation from the aircraft. … Read more…

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