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NTSB finds fatigue cracks in engine‑pylon component after UPS MD‑11F crash that killed 14

The NTSB's preliminary report on the Nov. 4 UPS MD‑11F crash near Louisville identifies fatigue cracks in a critical engine‑pylon component and publishes frame‑by‑frame and CCTV images showing the left engine separating and traveling over the wing, an event that preceded the fatal crash and a half‑mile debris field.

2025-11-20T09:00:13.154022-08:00

Reuters

AAIA preliminary: ACT Airlines 747‑400F runway excursion in Hong Kong linked to asymmetric thrust

2025-11-18T20:04:23.407118-08:00

Airline Geeks

UPS MD-11F freighter crashes after takeoff from Louisville en route to Honolulu; seven dead, 11 injured

2025-11-04T15:17:43.981648-08:00

Associated Press

Federal jury awards $28M to family of UN consultant killed on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (Boeing 737 MAX)

2025-11-12T14:53:55.600816-08:00

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NTSB finds fatigue cracks in engine‑pylon component after UPS MD‑11F crash that killed 14 The NTSB's preliminary report on the Nov. 4 UPS MD‑11F crash near Louisville identifies fatigue cracks in a critical engine‑pylon component and publishes frame‑by‑frame and CCTV images showing the left engine separating and traveling over the wing, an event that preceded the fatal crash and a half‑mile debris field.

2025-11-20T09:00:13.154022-08:00

NTSB finds fatigue cracks in engine‑pylon component after UPS MD‑11F crash that killed 14

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Lithium battery ignites on SAS flight; eight hospitalized after cabin fills with toxic smoke A lithium battery ignited onboard an SAS passenger flight, filling the cabin with dense toxic smoke and prompting an emergency response. Eight people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation or related injuries; airline officials and investigators are examining the cause and crew firefighting actions.

2025-11-20T06:24:00.830172-08:00

Lithium battery ignites on SAS flight; eight hospitalized after cabin fills with toxic smoke

vintageaviationnews.com

Pat Epps, leader of the Glacier Girl P‑38 recovery and champion of historic aviation, dies at 91 Pat Epps, 91, the pioneering aviator who led the Greenland Expedition Society and orchestrated recovery of the "Glacier Girl" P‑38, died peacefully in Atlanta. A Living Legend of Aviation and Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame inductee, he was known for mentorship, support of vintage aviation and advocacy for veterans.

2025-11-19T10:52:09.383235-08:00

Pat Epps, leader of the Glacier Girl P‑38 recovery and champion of historic aviation, dies at 91

The War Zone

UK says Russian spy ship Yantar used lasers to dazzle RAF P‑8 crew off UK coast UK Defence Secretary John Healey said a Royal Air Force P‑8 crew monitoring the Russian undersea‑intelligence ship Yantar reported being 'dazzled' by lasers directed at their aircraft while tracking the vessel off UK waters. The BBC and the MoD say the incidents occurred within the past two weeks.

2025-11-19T09:05:19.131520-08:00

UK says Russian spy ship Yantar used lasers to dazzle RAF P‑8 crew off UK coast

Reuters

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AAIA preliminary: ACT Airlines 747‑400F runway excursion in Hong Kong linked to asymmetric thrust A Hong Kong AAIA preliminary report into the Oct. 20 ACT Airlines Boeing 747‑400F runway excursion found asymmetric thrust — one engine surged to full forward during landing — was a key factor. The freighter was destroyed; two airport security personnel were killed and four crew survived.

2025-11-18T20:04:23.407118-08:00

AAIA preliminary: ACT Airlines 747‑400F runway excursion in Hong Kong linked to asymmetric thrust

Daily Sabah

Black-box analysis of Turkish C-130 crash in Georgia to take at least two months, minister says Turkey's defence minister said black-box analysis and initial findings into last week's C-130 cargo aircraft crash in Georgia — which killed 20 Turkish soldiers after departing Azerbaijan — will take at least two months. Preliminary reporting says the tail separated first and the airframe broke into three parts.

2025-11-17T10:29:15.969213-08:00

Black-box analysis of Turkish C-130 crash in Georgia to take at least two months, minister says

AeroTime

AirJet Angola ERJ-145 destroyed by fire after runway excursion at Kolwezi; government delegation escapes An AirJet Angola Embraer ERJ‑145 carrying a Democratic Republic of Congo ministry of mines delegation was destroyed by fire after a runway excursion during landing at Kolwezi Airport on 17 November. All 26 passengers and crew escaped; local responders and investigators secured the burnt-out regional jet.

2025-11-17T09:25:28.925674-08:00

AirJet Angola ERJ-145 destroyed by fire after runway excursion at Kolwezi; government delegation escapes

Associated Press

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Former Alaska Airlines pilot who attempted to cut a passenger jet’s engines in 2023 to be sentenced in Portland federal court A former Alaska Airlines pilot who attempted to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 is due to be sentenced in federal court in Portland, Oregon, after criminal prosecution of the mid‑air incident that prompted an emergency response and renewed scrutiny of cockpit security.

2025-11-16T21:03:59.962540-08:00

Former Alaska Airlines pilot who attempted to cut a passenger jet’s engines in 2023 to be sentenced in Portland federal court

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