Safety board critical of railroad's drug and alcohol testing, issues recommendations for PTC design flaw By Bill Stephens | September 15, 2020   Engineer intoxication was the primary cause of this 2019 CSX accident near Carey, Ohio, but the NTSB found other issues, as well. CSX via NTSB WASHINGTON — The CSX Transp...

An American Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N111US performing flight AA-2441 from Charlotte,NC to San Antonio,TX (USA) with 75 people on board, was on approach to San Antonio's runway 13R when the crew declared Mayday reporting the failure of the left hand engine (CFM56) and requested to ma...

A LATAM Brazil Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MBF performing flight LA-3087 from Brasilia,DF to Porto Allegre,RS (Brazil) with 168 people on board, was climbing out of Brasilia's runway 11L when the crew reported a hydraulic failure and requested to level off at 9000 feet. The aircraft entered a hold while the crew was working the relevant checklists. ...

Issues of pilot training and safety plague cash-strapped airlines TOKYO -- Despite the reduced air traffic amid the coronavirus pandemic, major air accidents and fatalities are running higher than usual this year, with Asia a major part of the problem. Fatalities involving commercial airliners stand at 315 so far, already exceeding last year's total ...

A Pobeda Boeing 737-800, registration VP-BPK performing flight DP-201 from Moscow Vnukovo to St. Petersburg (Russia), was on final approach to St. Petersburg's runway 28R when the crew was instructed to go around after a dog was observed on the runway. The crew went around, positioned for another approach and landed on runway 28R about 10 minutes later a...

As many as 680 Boeing 787 Dreamliners may be affected by the latest revelation involving manufacturing flaws in the jets. Boeing confirmed on Thursday that it was in contact with the FAA about out-of-spec gaps in the joints between fuselage parts. It was revealed on Thursday that the vertical stabilizer is affected by the potential flaws, which were actual...

Investigators release 438 pages of evidence in 2019 crash that killed 10 More than a year after a plane crash in Addison killed all 10 people on board, the National Transportation Safety Board released a factual summary, detailing what led to the deadly incident. A pilot asked, "What in the world?" and his co-pilot responded, "You just...

An Azul Linhas Aereas Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration PR-AQM performing flight AD-4437 from Aracaju,SE to Recife,PE (Brazil) with 70 passengers and 4 crew, was climbing out of Aracaju when the crew stopped the climb at FL150 due a problem with the left hand engine (PW127M). The crew shut the engine down and diverted to Maceio,AL (B...

A FlyArystan Airbus A320-200 on behalf of Air Astana, registration P4-KBD performing flight KC-7201 from Atyrau to Almaty (Kazakhstan), was climbing out of Atyrau when the crew stopped the climb at about 8000 feet and returned to Atyrau due to a problem with the avionics cooling. The aircraft landed safely back in Atyrau. Kazakhstan's Civil Aviation A...

An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N913US performing flight AA-1598 from Philadelphia,PA to Orlando,FL (USA), was enroute at FL300 about 130nm northeast of Charlotte,NC (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Charlotte due to problems with their weather radars. The aircraft landed safely in Charlotte about 30 minutes later. A replacem...