Empty tanks to blame for many plane crashes: ; Federal official says it is surprising how many pilots take risk of flying on low fuelMELANIE S. WELTE
How the NTSB investigates fatal plane crashes The investigation into the deadly collision involving a passenger jet and an Army helicopter will likely take years to complete. Bruce Landsberg, Former NTSB vice chair, joins CBS News with more on how teams are launched to understand the crash....
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How do the airlines expect to prevent commercial plane crashes Studies have shown that pilot error contributes to two-thirds of all such crashes. To address this problem, the airlines have upgraded their training programs by increasing the hours of classroom instruction and emphasizing communication ...
Many people who perish in plane crashes could have avoided it if they had not made some fatal errors. The biggest enemy in a crash scenario is panic. Keeping your wits and maintaining focus will do more to save you than anything else. Panic is the reason that many passengers find themselve...
After two plane crashes involving Boeing 737 Max jets, one in late 2018 and one in early 2019, some experts expressed concern that pilots were losing basic flying skills as they relied more and more on increasing amounts of automation in the cockpit. ...
The NTSB continues to insist that there's no such thing as having too much information when investigating plane crashes. At present, video recording is still on hold. But the technology is more than ready. Airbus, for example, installs a Vision 1000 system in all of its helicopters. The ...
In the novel, the ship zips through dense fog late one April night, crashes into an iceberg and sinks, killing hundreds of people. Fourteen years later, the Titanic, similar in size and structure to the fictional ship, did exactly this, at the same time of year, under the same conditions...
Investigators concluded that is what happened on board a Germanwings plane in 2015. They determined that the co-pilot deliberately crashed the plane in the French Alps. The man had been treated for suicidal tendences but did not tell the airline. A FedEx pilot riding on a cargo plane tried...
“There are just so many runways, taxiways, etc.” Of the 362 documented incursions at all “Core 30” airports in fiscal year 2023, only one was characterized as “a serious incident in which a collision was narrowly avoided,” while eight had “significant potential for collision,” the...