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Luftwaffe VVIP Global 5000 Written Off After Flying Control Assembly Error

Posted by on Dec 7, 2019 in Accidents & Incidents, Business Aviation, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Military / Defence, Safety Management

Luftwaffe VVIP Global 5000 14+01 Written Off After Flying Control Assembly Error On 16 April 2019 Luftwaffe VVIP Bombardier BD-700-1A11 Global 5000 14+01 departed Berlin-Schönefeld (BER) for Cologne-Bonn...

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‘Crazy’ KC-10 Boom Loss: Informal Maintenance Shift Handovers and Skipped Tasks

Posted by on Oct 29, 2019 in Accidents & Incidents, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Military / Defence, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

‘Crazy’ KC-10 Boom Loss: Informal Maintenance Shift Handovers and Skipped Tasks On 1 November 2016 US Air Force (USAF) Boeing KC-10A Extender tanker 83-0080 of the 60th Air Mobility Wing departed...

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