Aircraft Crash Testing

NTSB chair scorches FAA in probe of fatal DC crash

NTSB finds a series of "systemic failures" led to D.C. midair crash: "This was 100% preventable"

National Transportation Safety Board members were deeply troubled Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems, long before last year's collision between ...

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$400 GPS device could have prevented deadly mid-air crash near DC: NTSB chair

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‘This was preventable’: NTSB chair scorches FAA in probe of fatal DC crash

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FAA Failures Created Conditions for Deadly Reagan Airport Crash, NTSB Says

The National Transportation Safety Board called for a range of aviation safety reforms to address failures that led to a midair collision that killed 67 people last year.

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FAA, Army failures contributed to fatal DC air collision, report finds

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Investigators say deadly midair collision near Washington DC followed years of ignored traffic warnings

FAA failed to properly test controllers for drugs, alcohol after deadly Reagan National mid-air crash, investigator reveals

Numerous lapses in Federal Aviation Authority oversight contributed to the tragic midair collision that killed 67 people over Washington DC’s Potomac River last year, investigators revealed

Alcohol violations, controversial record: Pilot Sumit Kapoor's flying history as probe into plane crash that killed Ajit Pawar widens

The crash has also renewed attention on the Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) Section 5, Series F, Part III, which governs alcohol testing norms for aviation personnel

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Plane and car crash testing is still designed to keep men safe—that puts women in danger

The next time you board a commercial flight and are told how to sit in the brace position for an emergency landing, consider this: did you know that international plane safety testing only requires adult male crash test dummies? Subscribe to our newsletter ...

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Air India crash plane had record of safety defects, campaigners claim

Campaigners say they have evidence the plane had previously suffered a series of technical failures, including a fire.