National Transportation Safety Board Investigating Marco Island Plane Crash
WPTV-TV recently reported on a Marco Island plane crash that is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). According to the report, the crash happened at the airport in Marco Island, Florida on a Sunday afternoon around 4:15 p.m. There were nine people on the plane when it […]
How Can I Choose a Safe Flight School?
For many people, learning to fly is a lifelong goal and a dream come true. While learning to pilot an aircraft is often fun and exhilarating, potential students need to make sure to take their time and thoroughly research the process before choosing a flight school. If a flight school or instructor has safety issues […]
Can a 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor Help an NTSB Investigation?
According to an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), rarely does anyone “survive a small plane crash.” However, not too long ago, a 7-year-old girl did just that. Now, the NTSB wants her help in its investigation of the crash that claimed the lives of her family and nearly took hers as well. Following […]
Could a Plane Crash Because It’s Too Automated?
The Daily Beast recently published an interesting story about whether modern airplanes rely too heavily on computers and not enough on pilots in the wake of the plane crash involving AirAsia Flight 8501. According to the article, since Air France Flight 447 was lost back in 2009, questions have been raised as to whether there is a […]
Could Pilot Inexperience Cause a Plane Crash?
From 1990 to 2002, 75 percent of commuter-carrier accidents and 45 percent of major airline accidents were found to be the result of human error, according to a 2006 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) study. Factors behind the human errors that lead to airplane accidents can include fatigue, poor training and pilot inexperience. In fact, one […]
What Could Cause a Learjet to Crash?
Plane crashes can happen for any number of reasons, including: Mechanical failure Pilot error Inclement weather Tragically, a Learjet crash in the Bahamas claimed the lives of nine people, including a well-known pastor and his wife and daughter. The plane crash happened on a Sunday in early November at around 4 p.m. and involved a Lear […]
Georgia Plane Crash Claims Life of Pilot
In 2013, 265 people died in flight incidents worldwide, according to a CNN.com report, which now seems relatively low considering that through July of this year, there had been 761 deaths connected with flight incidents. Unfortunately, a recent Georgia plane crash has added to 2014’s airplane accident death toll. According to the Cordele Dispatch, the airplane crash […]
Single-Engine Airplane Crashes Near Boca Raton Airport
From 1983 to 2014, 41 airplane accidents have occurred involving aircraft departing from or arriving at the Boca Raton airport, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The above-mentioned statistic increased by one recently when a single-engine airplane crashed about three miles away from the Boca Raton airport. The plane crashed into a construction site […]
Is It Dangerous to Ride in a Small Plane?
There are very few things as exhilarating as flight, especially if it is done in the intimate confines of a small plane. However, as much of a rush as such an adventure can be, it is also ripe with danger if the pilot or plane is not up to snuff. According to statistics released by USA […]
System Inadvertently Turned Off; Might Have Averted Crash
A federal commission determined that pilots in a catastrophic Asiana Airlines crash last year botched their landing and unintentionally shut down an automatic speed control system. That system could have averted the accident. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) also said the pilots failed to monitor their altitude and airspeed, and waited too long to […]
