In the history of the Boeing 767, over 1,100 airframes have been built and only seven have crashed. Of those seven, four were due to hijacking, one was due to mechanical failure, one was due to pilot error and one (today’s) is TBD. Very safe aircraft.
A pilot has been killed after two planes crashed mid-air while rehearsing for an aerobatic show. Two others were also injured in the collision between the Indian Air Force aircraft in the southern state of Karnataka on Tuesday, a senior police official said. Director General of police MN Reddi said the pair were recovering in hospital. He said: “One Indian Air Force pilot has unfortunately lost his life. “Two others were injured and shifted to hospital, but are said to be out of danger.” The defence ministry confirmed that two Hawk aircraft of the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Display…
Due to ongoing political instability and increasing tensions in Venezuela, the U.S. FAA assesses there is an increasing inadvertent risk to U.S. civil aviation operating into, out of, within or over theterritory and airspace of Venezuela at altitudes below Flight Level (FL) 260. As a result, on 22 February 2019, the FAA published Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) KICZ A0001/19, advising U.S. civilaviation to exercise caution during flight operations into, out of, within or over the territory and airspace of Venezuela at altitudes below FL260.
MANSFIELD (CBS) — A small plane crashed at the Mansfield Municipal Airport on Saturday and killed two people on impact. A flight instructor and a student – the only two people on board – were killed. The pilot was identified as Sydney Miti, 31, of Waltham, and the student was identified as Julian Lattermann, 18, of Dover. Midi’s mother was grieved as she spoke of her son Saturday night. “Sydney – what can I say about my son? What can I say? He was such a warm character, so friendly,…
Lakeland flight instructor James Wagner, 64, was identified by deputies as the victim who died in the crash. Deputies said a 17-year-old girl was in a bedroom in the house and was pinned under the wreckage after the crash. She was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. The crash occurred just after the aircraft took off from the Winter Haven Regional Airport around 12:48 p.m., deputies said. The home that was damaged is on 21st Street Northwest, which runs along the east side of the airport. Several people were inside the…
The FAA is reporting that a cargo Boeing 767-300 crashed today while enrotue from Miami to Houston. This was an Atlas Air jet with the registration code N1217A operating on behalf of Amazon Air (which often has the “Prime Air”) branding. Amazon contracts out to three cargo airlines to operate these flights (ABX, Air Transport International, and Atlas Air), and in total they have 40 Boeing 767s flying for them. The plane in question was nearly 27 years old, and over the course of its life operated for Canadian Airlines, China Southern,…
Atlas Air / Amazon Prime Crash in Trinity Bay, TX represents the – first fatal accident of Atlas Air – 3rd fatal accident of an aircraft above 5,7 tons in the USA – 7th fatal occurrence of a Boeing 767 – 1st fatal 767 freighter accident
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