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• David Shepardson
The FAA is reviewing an air-traffic safety incident Tuesday involving Marine One, the military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump, and another aircraft in Washington. The investigation follows air-traffic-control audio reviewed by CNN and reports from Reuters and The Wall Street Journal.
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The FAA is reviewing an air-traffic safety incident Tuesday involving Marine One, the military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump, and another aircraft in Washington. The investigation follows air-traffic-control audio reviewed by CNN and reports from Reuters and The Wall Street Journal.
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The FAA is reviewing an air-traffic safety incident involving President Donald Trump’s Marine One helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The helicopter departed the White House while commercial traffic was operating at the airport, prompting scrutiny of whether required coordination and procedures were followed.
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India’s DGCA has opened an investigation into severe clear-air turbulence on Air India flight AI2379 from Phuket to Delhi. The A320neo briefly lost about 300 feet during cruise, injuring 13 passengers and four crew members; reported injuries included rib fractures after passengers were thrown into the cabin ceiling.
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Air India Flight AI2379 from Phuket to Delhi experienced severe clear-air turbulence and a reported 300-foot altitude loss during cruise. Seventeen passengers were injured, while the Airbus A320neo landed safely in Delhi; Indian authorities have opened an investigation into the aircraft’s momentary altitude variation.
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Two Bell 412 firefighting helicopters collided midair while battling a wind-driven wildfire west of Athens, killing two crew members and injuring or leaving two others alive. The accident underscores the operational hazards facing aerial firefighting crews as severe fires and extreme winds spread across Greece and Southern Europe.
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An Aer Lingus A320 experienced an upset in bank angle and airspeed while its pilots flew a manual orbit to lose altitude on approach to Dublin. The incident highlights the workload and flight-path-control risks associated with manually correcting an unstable or poorly sequenced approach.
A U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker has returned to service after sustaining major damage in a March midair collision over Iraq. Maintainers repaired the surviving aircraft using the vertical stabilizer from a retired jet, while another KC-135 was lost in the incident, killing six people.
The midair collision at KDCA has prompted renewed discussion about the effectiveness and availability of aircraft collision-avoidance technology. The incident is focusing attention on critical safety systems and the role they play in preventing airborne conflicts and reducing collision risk.
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