Dry Ice Packing Error Incapacitated Pilot on Taxiway
Packages of food were overfilled with dry ice leading to a dangerous build up of carbon dioxide in the cockpit of a cargo aircraft.
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HEMS Pilot Seizure While Rotor-Running
The HEMS pilot, who had been cleared to fly after a previous head injury, suffered a seizure say investigators. The helicopter yawed into a snow bank, ejecting a casualty who was being loaded.
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Big Bustard Busts Blade: Propeller Blade Failure After Bird Strike
The SA CAA preliminary report confirms this J41 suffered a bird strike with what is “the world’s heaviest flying bird” species (up to 19 kg). Debris went through the cabin. Fortuitously the pax in that row had moved.
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Offshore Night Near Miss: Marine Pilot Transfer Unintended Descent
During high workload night single pilot helicopter hoist flight an error in automation selection was not detected until a passenger warned the aircraft had descended to just 59 ft.
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Black Hawk Scud Running in Tennessee: IIMC & CFIT
During a VFR ferry flight the crew of this helicopter flew towards forecast IMC, descending to 100 ft AGL before crashing in woodland.
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Taxiing AW139 Blade Strike on Maintenance Stand
Stopping short of its parking stand due to another aircraft being refuelled, this helicopter struck a maintenance stand.
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