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Aviation Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXXXII: Trans World Airlines Flight 843

After the flight crew of TWA flight 843 aborted its takeoff, the NTSB had a rare opportunity to investigate an accident with all evidence at hand.

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Stephen CarboneJanuary 29, 2025Comment
Aviation Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXXXI: CommutAir Flight 4821

CommutAir 4821 crashed while on approach. The final accident report doesn’t give any information that provides safety improvements nor does the report give much information.

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Stephen CarboneJanuary 6, 2025Comment
Aviation Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXXX: British Airways, Flight 38

On January 8, 2008, British Airways flight 38 crashed short of the Heathrow Airport runway. Despite investigators’ assurances, they did not come close to solutions.

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Stephen CarboneDecember 4, 2024Comment
Aviation Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXXIX: Airborne Express Functional Evaluation Flight

An Airborne Express DC-8-63 crashes while performing functional tests. Did investigators ignore the obvious?

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Stephen CarboneSeptember 2, 2024Comment
Aviation Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXXVIII: United Express flight 6291

United Express flight 6291 crashed short of Columbus International Airport. The accident investigation, like many, went off on agenda, ignoring safety.

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Stephen CarboneAugust 5, 2024Comment
Aviation Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXXVII: EstoAir N525EG

An EstoAir accident, its probable cause found to have omitted important data, was given a reconsideration. However, what damages had been done because of the original omission?

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Stephen CarboneMay 8, 2024Comment
Aviation Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXXVI: US Air Flight 5050

US Air 5050 crashed during its takeoff roll. NTSB investigators failed to prove rudder trim issues while ignoring other more relevant concerns.

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Stephen CarboneMarch 4, 2024Comment
Aircraft Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXXV: FedEx 1170

On June 8, 2022, FedEx flight 1170 landed on the wrong runway in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The cause was determined to be circadian lows and fatigue. But was it really?

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Stephen CarboneJanuary 10, 2024Comment
Aircraft Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXXIV: China Eastern Airlines Flight 583

On April 6, 1993, China Eastern Airlines flight 583 inadvertently deployed slats at cruise flight. Was this a flight crew error, a design error or was maintenance involved?

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Stephen CarboneDecember 3, 2023Comment
Aircraft Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXXIII: Trans World Airways Flight 529

Trans World Airways flight 529 crashed over sixty years ago. Why aren’t we holding to the lessons we learned?

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Stephen CarboneOctober 3, 2023 Comments
Aircraft Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXXII: Continental Airlines Flight 1404

Continental Airlines flight 1404 departed runway 34R in KDEN. Was analysis by NTSB investigators accurate or were the investigators assigned too inexperienced to determine the true causes of the accident?

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Stephen CarboneSeptember 4, 2023Comment
Aircraft Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXXI: Delta Airlines Flight 723

Delta flight 723 struck the seawall at Boston-Logan airport. However, the NTSB failed to find the true nature of the accident because they didn’t understand mergers.

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Stephen CarboneAugust 7, 2023 Comments
Aircraft Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXX: TransAir Flight 810

TransAir 810 represented a failure in accident investigation procedure, how a cause could be so off target, and how the investigation into maintenance so incomplete.

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Stephen CarboneJune 30, 2023 Comments
Aircraft Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXIX: Air France Flight AFR 4590

In 2000, Air France Charter AFR 4590 crashed while climbing out of Charles de Gaulle airport. The French investigation group BEA tried to falsely blame the accident on a Continental Airlines aircraft mechanic, while ignoring the real cause, which was a poor design.

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Stephen CarboneJune 5, 2023 Comments
Aircraft Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXVIII: El Al Flight 1862

El Al 1862 crashed due to a series of events originating with a pylon structural failure. Was this a Boeing failure or a failure on part of El Al’s inspection program?

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Stephen CarboneMay 3, 2023 Comments
Aircraft Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXVII: United Airlines Flight 553

Was the United Airlines flight 553 accident examined from all angles?

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Stephen CarboneApril 4, 2023 Comments
Aircraft Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXVI: Lauda Air Flight NG004

The Lauda Air flight NG004 accident report led to nowhere.

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Stephen CarboneFebruary 6, 2023Comment
Aircraft Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXV: Pan American Airlines Flight 526A

A Pan American Airways DC-4 crashed shortly after take-off, but its effect led to the increase of safety for years to come.

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Stephen CarboneJanuary 3, 2023 Comments
Aircraft Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXIV: Delta Airlines Flight 1141

Delta 1141 was an accident that proved difficult to unravel. With all the available evidence, it should have been a success story of answers, not an enigma of inexperience that provided no answers.

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Stephen CarboneNovember 6, 2022Comment
Aircraft Accidents and Lessons Unlearned LXIII: Massachusetts State Police, Registration N20SP

The Massachusetts State Police accident of 1995 represents a missed opportunity to define and capture an unsafe class of operation.

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Stephen CarboneOctober 3, 2022Comment
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