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What a Difference a Hole Makes: E-8C JSTARS $7.35 million Radar Mishap

Posted by on Feb 22, 2019 in Accidents & Incidents, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Military / Defence, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

What a Difference a Hole Makes: E-8C JSTARS $7.35 million Radar Mishap While washing a USAF Northrop Grumman E-8C JSTARS  at a the Northrop Grumman Lake Charles Maintenance and Modification Center in...

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A319 / Cougar Airprox at MRS: ATC Busy, Failed Transponder and Helicopter Filtered From Radar

Posted by on Feb 2, 2019 in Accidents & Incidents, Air Traffic Management / Airspace, Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Safety Management

A319 / Cougar Airprox at MRS: ATC Busy, Failed Transponder and Helicopter Filtered From Radar On 27 June 2016, Air France Airbus A319 F-GRHX, with 132 people onboard, passed Airbus Helicopters Cougar F-ZWBS...

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MC-12W Loss of Control Orbiting Over Afghanistan: Lessons in Training and Urgent Operational Requirements

Posted by on Jan 26, 2019 in Accidents & Incidents, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Military / Defence, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

MC-12W Loss of Control Orbiting Over Afghanistan: Lessons in Training and Urgent Operational Requirements (UORs) On 27 April 2013 a US Air Force (USAF) Beechcraft MC-12W Liberty King Air 350, 09-0676, of the...

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