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• Jack Daleo
The NTSB says a TV news helicopter descended rapidly before crashing. The AS350 B2 crash killed the pilot, one passenger and a person on the ground; the available reports do not provide further details on the cause or circumstances.
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The NTSB says a TV news helicopter descended rapidly before crashing. The AS350 B2 crash killed the pilot, one passenger and a person on the ground; the available reports do not provide further details on the cause or circumstances.
An Embraer EMB-120 carrying 30 people made an emergency landing in Tanzania after a reported collision with a zebra. No injuries were reported. The available account does not specify the aircraft’s operator, location, damage or the circumstances of the strike.
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Saudi Arabia has launched an air-accident investigation into last week’s cockpit stabbing aboard flydubai Flight FZ1073, separate from a UAE-led criminal inquiry. Reporting says the co-pilot allegedly planned an attack before joining the airline and had nearly acted earlier; the captain, who was attacked, is making steady progress in hospital.
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The NTSB has published a preliminary report in its investigation of last month’s fatal helicopter crash involving NBC. The report focuses on the aircraft’s final 29 seconds, offering an early account of the sequence under review; the investigation remains ongoing.
An Air Force Special Operations Command OA-1K Skyraider II went off the runway while landing at Sundance Airport in Oklahoma on Oct. 5; the crew was safe. The incident is the second reported accident involving the new special operations aircraft in Oklahoma in less than a year.
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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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