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• David Kaminski-Morrow
A safety report found the Dash 8 crew did not restore the aircraft’s descent mode before making a nighttime low approach at Timaru. Air New Zealand turboprop crews had received a mode-awareness alert three months before the incident, raising questions about how the warning was communicated and applied operationally.
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A safety report found the Dash 8 crew did not restore the aircraft’s descent mode before making a nighttime low approach at Timaru. Air New Zealand turboprop crews had received a mode-awareness alert three months before the incident, raising questions about how the warning was communicated and applied operationally.
Australia’s transport safety bureau says risk conditions were not properly captured before a Bell 412 firefighting helicopter entered an uncommanded descent while filling its bucket. The finding comes in the ATSB’s final investigation report, which examines the circumstances surrounding the event.
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Investigators say the Flydubai co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain and attempted to steer the aircraft toward Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. New Zealand police confirmed he completed part of his flight training there between November 2018 and May 2019, on a student visa, for a UK-based company.
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A British Airways Boeing 777 bound from London to Chicago returned to Heathrow after a reported cabin pressurization problem prompted an emergency descent over the Irish Sea. The aircraft descended 28,000 feet in seven minutes; passengers reportedly used oxygen masks, and the plane circled for four hours to burn fuel before landing.
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Latitude Air Ambulance said all six people aboard a medical flight from Bermuda to Boston are presumed dead after the Coast Guard found a debris field about 20 miles south of Nantucket. The search was suspended at dusk Sunday and shifted to recovery; those aboard included four crew members, a patient and the patient’s companion.
A Nigerian military helicopter carrying 25 passengers and seven crew members crashed in the country’s southwest, according to the aviation minister on Monday. The available report does not identify the aircraft, its mission, the circumstances of the crash or whether anyone was injured.
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The co-pilot, an Omani national, allegedly stabbed the captain in an attempt to crash the aircraft, according to reporting citing Israeli officials familiar with the investigation. A preliminary probe reportedly found no indication he was linked to an organization or foreign government, pointing investigators toward a lone-actor explanation.
A Chinese military aircraft, identified as a Shenyang J-16, conducted what Manila described as a dangerous intercept of a Philippine aircraft, identified in the report’s headline as a Grand Caravan. The Philippines condemned the conduct of the Chinese aircrew; the article provides no further details on the encounter.
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