All eight people on board a Whyalla Airlines Piper Chieftain died when it ditched on a 31 May night flight from Adelaide, Australia to Whyalla.
In a mayday call, the pilot reported that both engines had lost power. The accident, the fourth in recent years involving small Australian commuter aircraft, has revived interest in regulatory surveillance of small carriers. A proposed investigation of Whyalla three years ago was quashed by the authority's board.
Source: Flight International
A Bombardier CRJ200 operated by Nepalese carrier Saurya Airlines has crashed during take-off from Kathmandu airport, with fatalities among those on board.
Russian investigators have disclosed that the crashed Gazpromavia Yakovlev Superjet 100 crew switched to manual control after the aircraft started to pitch down, briefly arresting the descent, before it entered a steep fatal dive. The aircraft took off from Lukhovitsy airport, bound for Moscow Vnukovo, on 12 July following “periodic ...
Investigators have determined that a Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-300 touched down short of the runway at Amsterdam, after the crew sought to mitigate a perceived risk of overrun and descended below the glideslope.
