For a picture of a sloppy operation which ended tragically, look no further than the takeoff crash of a firefighting helicopter in California in 2008. The case involves the intentional falsification of weight documents, the...
Monday, January 17, 2011
Despite all the talk about “jointness” among the armed services, an Air Force investigation into a fatal CV-22 tilt-rotor crash allows as how a translation error from Marine Corps documents meant the flight...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
A bird weighing about 2.4 pounds hitting a cruising helicopter can inflict fatal damage, especially if the windshield isn’t certified to resist bird strikes. ...
Friday, October 22, 2010
When the Congressional oversight committee issues a blanket statement of support for a proposed rule, one is left with the dismaying feeling the legislators don’t understand or don’t care. Such is the thought attendant...
Thursday, November 12, 2009
“Caution, Terrain” would have sounded in the cockpit fully seven seconds before the helicopter struck trees and ploughed into the ground, killing four persons aboard and adding injuries to the surviving of two patients being...
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