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Cold Comfort Conference Call: USAF F-35A Alaska Accident

Posted by on Sep 20, 2025 in Accidents & Incidents, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Military / Defence, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

Cold Comfort Conference Call: USAF F-35A Alaska Accident On 28 January 2025 US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35A 19-5535 of the 355th Fighter Squadron crashed and was destroyed at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB),...

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UK CAA HOFO ACAS Rulemaking 2025 & a 2004 Tornado / AS332L Airprox

Posted by on Apr 8, 2025 in Accidents & Incidents, Air Traffic Management / Airspace, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Military / Defence, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Regulation, Safety Management

UK CAA HOFO ACAS Rulemaking 2025 & a 2004 Tornado / AS332L Airprox UK CAA Rulemaking 2025 The UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) has recently consulted on a general update to the Air Operating...

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Startled Shutdown: Fatal USAF E-11A Global Express PSM+ICR Accident

Posted by on Jan 2, 2025 in Accidents & Incidents, Design & Certification, FDM / Data Recorders, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Military / Defence, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

Startled Shutdown: Fatal USAF E-11A Global Express PSM+ICR Accident On 27 January 2020 a USAF Bombardier E-11A (Global Express) 11-9358 crashed in the Deh Yak district in Afghanistan, killing both pilots. ...

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An Air Traffic Control Assisted H-60 Collision

Posted by on Dec 13, 2024 in Accidents & Incidents, Air Traffic Management / Airspace, Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Military / Defence, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

An ATC Assisted Sikorsky H-60 Collision (HeliStream UH-60A N160AQ and US Navy MH-60R 166583, San Diego, CA) On 22 November 2022, civil firefighting Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk N160AQ (operated by HeliStream...

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Deadly Delay: Catastrophic USAF CV-22B Osprey Gear Box Failure

Posted by on Aug 10, 2024 in Accidents & Incidents, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, HUMS / VHM / UMS / IVHM, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Military / Defence, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

Deadly Delay: Catastrophic USAF Bell/Boeing CV-22B Osprey 10-0054 Gear Box Failure On 29 November 2023 US Air Force (USAF) Bell/Boeing CV-22B Osprey tiltrotor 10-0054 (call sign Gundam 22) of the 21st Special...

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The Loss of RAF F-35B ZM152: An Organisational Accident

Posted by on Aug 27, 2023 in Accidents & Incidents, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Military / Defence, Regulation, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

The Loss of RAF F-35B ZM152 from HMS Queen Elizabeth: An Organisational Accident On 17 November 2021, Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II ZM152 (BK-18) of Royal Air Force (RAF) 617 Squadron, crashed into the...

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