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Birds break aircraft

This photo, courtesy of Flickr, shows the US Airways Airbus wallowing in the Hudson River after its engines swallowed some geese during take-off and ditched in the river. The 155 passengers and crew of...

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The Helderberg air crash: 22 years on and it’s still murky

Saturday marked 22 years to the day since the South African Airways Boeing 747, Helderberg, crashed off the coast of Mauritius after an uncontrollable fire broke out on the aircraft, killing all 159...

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The airliner and the volcano: Flight 901 down in Antarctica

Thirty years ago on Saturday, an Air New Zealand DC-10 on a sightseeing flight to Antarctica collided with Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. Flight 901 was a popular Air New Zealand...

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Runaway dog causing flight havoc at Cape Town International

A dog which has been on the loose at Cape Town International Airport for the past week is causing havoc by running onto the runway as aircraft are about to land, according to this report on local...

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Flight 295: More on the Helderberg crash

It seems SAA DID note last Saturday’s anniversary of the Flight 295 crash off Mauritius on 28 November 1987. A reader, Sam van der Walt, who lost both parents in the crash, left a comment about an...

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Is it dangerous to mix aeroplanes, rain and slick runways?

In a word, no, although the pilot needs to be sharp and have his finger all the way out. The Airlink accident at George is unfortunate, especially for the airline, coming, as it does, after a series of...

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Ethiopian government asks ICAO to intervene in Lebanon crash investigation

The Ethiopian government claims Lebanon is hiding details about the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing into off Beirut and has asked the International Civil Aviation Organization to intervene in...

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SA Airlink vindicated as Acsa takes the blame for the accident in George

So, it was the runway’s fault! On December 7, an SA Airlink Embraer aircraft landing at George failed to stop and aquaplaned off the end of the runway, through a fence and came to a halt on the public...

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Split second to disaster: A fiery plane crash in the desert

A retired airline captain and pilot-of-adventure named Robin Anderson, sent me this story of a plane crash he was involved in back in the days when Trek Airways used to fly big four-engined propliners...

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