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Indonesia Releases Report on Lion Air Crash

October 25, 2019 Daniel Morley

The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) has released its final report on the crash of Lion Air flight 610. The Boeing 737 MAX operating the flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta for a

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Several 737 MAX 8 Operators Begin to Ground Fleets

March 11, 2019 Ryan Ewing

Even though information is still scarce at this point, Ethiopian’s ill-fated ET302 flight has triggered a series of decisions of aviation authorities and operators regarding the Boeing 737 MAX. The Chinese Aviation Authority requested airlines,

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Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 Crashes Following Departure from Addis Ababa

March 10, 2019 AirlineGeeks.com Staff

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 has crashed after departing from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Flight ET302 to Nairobi, Kenya, had 149 passengers and eight crew representing 33 different nationalities onboard. Ethiopian Airlines confirmed online

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Atlas Air 767 Freighter Crashes Near Houston-IAH

February 23, 2019 AirlineGeeks.com Staff

An Atlas Air Boeing 767-300ER Freighter has crashed into Trinity Bay, east of Houston. The aircraft departed Miami International Airport with Houston Intercontinental airport as its destination at 11:33 local time, and crashed “shortly before

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Omaha Airport Conducts Full-Scale Emergency Simulation

October 17, 2018 Matthew Garcia

The Omaha Airport Authority (OAA) conducted its triennial full-scale emergency exercise on Saturday. The event simulated an airline Boeing 737 departure accident at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield with 74 passengers on board. For this year’s event,

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Updated: Cubana Flight Crashes Shortly After Takeoff from Havana

May 18, 2018 Pablo Diaz

At 1 p.m. local time, a Boeing 737-200 crashed shortly after taking off from Jose Marti International Airport, the main international airport serving Havana, Cuba. Despite mixed information and unconfirmed accounts of the aircraft involved

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TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Manx2

March 1, 2018 Daniel Morley

The Isle of Man, located in the Irish Sea, is midway between England and Northern Ireland. Traditionally, all travel to and from the island has been via boat as over the years, airlines based on

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The Crash of TK6491: What We Know

January 17, 2017 Parker Davis

A Boeing 747-400F crashed just outside of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Monday, killing all four crew in addition to dozens of people on the ground. The aircraft had attempted to land at Manas Airport during a

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Pakistan International Flight 661 Crashes While Enroute to Islamabad

December 7, 2016 Matthew Garcia

On Dec. 7, 2016 at 4:42PM local time, Pakistan International Airlines flight 661 vanished from the radar on its flight from Chitral to Islamabad. The flight, an ATR-42-500, was carrying 42 passengers and six crew

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Today We Remember: MH 17 and TWA 800

July 17, 2015 Joe Pesek

While separated by 18 years, both Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 800 have gone down in history as two of the worst plane incidents in history. Each flight tells a

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UPDATED: Germanwings Flight 9525 Crashed in the French Alps

March 24, 2015 AirlineGeeks.com Staff

Early Tuesday morning (EDT), reports began to surface that an aircraft had crashed in the French Alps. It is now confirmed than a Germanwings A320, registered as D-AIPX, “suffered an accident” over the French Alps.

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TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History (Part One); Air Florida flight 90

January 15, 2015 Daniel Morley

The snow was falling hard at Washington National Airport (DCA) on January 13th, 1982. The flights that weren’t cancelled were forced to endure the long line of backed up flights waiting to use the main

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Indonesia Releases Report on Lion Air Crash

Several 737 MAX 8 Operators Begin to Ground Fleets

Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 Crashes Following Departure from Addis Ababa

Atlas Air 767 Freighter Crashes Near Houston-IAH

Omaha Airport Conducts Full-Scale Emergency Simulation

Updated: Cubana Flight Crashes Shortly After Takeoff from Havana

TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Manx2

The Crash of TK6491: What We Know

Pakistan International Flight 661 Crashes While Enroute to Islamabad

Today We Remember: MH 17 and TWA 800

UPDATED: Germanwings Flight 9525 Crashed in the French Alps

TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History (Part One); Air Florida flight 90

Dornier Disappearing: Tracking The Remaining Dornier 328 Commercial Operators

Air Baltic Looks Toward Significant Expansion Plans

IATA Forecasts Industry Profit Growth in 2020

Sun Country Airlines Expands to Canada

Passengers Prepare for Next Wave of French Strikes