Tag: crash
A Sri-Lankan Pilot Killed When Two Kfirs Collide in Mid-Air
Two Sri-Lanka Air Force (SLAF) IAI Kfir jet fighters operating from the Katunayake Air Base have collided in mid-air when flying in tight formation,...
Mi-28N Crash in Russia’s Caucasus
A Russian Army Mi-28N 'Night Hunter' helicopter crashed today injuring the two crew members. The gunship commander later died of his wounds at a...
Airbags Designed to Save Helicopters Hard Landing on Rough Terrain
A new safety device developed for civil and military medium helicopters, Aero Sekur’s shock attenuation system is designed to aid crew and helicopter survival....
Russian Air Force Suspends An-22, Tu-95M Operations after an An-22 Crash
The Russian Air Force command has grounded the entire fleet of its Antonov An-22 transports and Tupolev Tu-95MS bombers after an An-22 crash yesterday...
Investigation Rules Out Enemy Fire, Brownout as Possible Causes for the...
The CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft that crashed in Qalat, Afghanistan on April 8, 2010 was not hit by enemy fire, an Air Force Investigation...
Pilot Over Confidence Contributes to Fatal C-17 Crash in Alaska
A U.S. Air Force investigation of a fatal crash of a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft on July 28, 2010 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in...
MQ-9 Reaper Lost in the California Desert
An MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft operating under the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio crashed yesterday in the Mojave desert area, north...
Predator Crash on a Training Mission Due to Human Error
A U.S. Air Combat Command accident investigation board determined the cause of a crash of a Predator MQ-1 B unmanned aerial vehicle at Southern...
Brownout Blamed as the Cause of the Fatal Helicopter Crash in...
U.S. Army paratroopers prepare to load into a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during an air-assault mission to detain a known militant in the Bermel district...
Air France Jet May have Encountered 100 mph Updrafts
AccuWeather.com reports after extensive research into the weather that may have affected the Air France Airbus A330 on Sunday evening, it is believed that the plane flew...
F-15 Crash Under New Investigation
An F-15D fighter jet crashed Friday (February 1, 2008) while on a training mission over Hawaii. While on a training mission over the Pacific...
