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Lithuanian prosecutors suspect human error in DHL Vilnius crash, probe continues

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This system is crucial for wing deployment, which could have led to the aircrafts descent. On December 20, 2024, the Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Division completed the primary analysis of its safety investigation into the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder of the DHL cargo aircraft.

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Philadelphia plane crash CVR unearthed eight feet deep, aircraft victims named

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Officials from the National Transport Safety Bureau (NTSB) hope the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) will shed light on what caused the tragedy on January 31, 2025. The black box belonging to a Learjet 55 ambulance aircraft that crashed in Philadelphia has been found by investigators at a depth of eight feet.

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Boeing 737-400F destroyed after inflight fire and emergency landing in Brazil   

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According to Aviation Herald, the aircraft’s journey had been uneventful until it was on its descent towards Guarulhos Airport when the crew reported a fire in the cargo hold and declared an emergency. The flight was being operated by a 30.6-year-old year-old Boeing 737-400(SF) freighter registered as PS-TLB.

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Examining over 100 years of flight automation and the history of the autopilot

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Even the most automated aircraft, such as the Airbus A350, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and the F-35 military jet, come with such instruments fitted as standard should an electrical failure affect the more modern cockpit display screens. These three levels of control are ascending in their level of aircraft control and capability.

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Delta Connection flight received sink rate alert before Toronto Pearson crash

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While the report draws no conclusions as to the cause of the crash, investigators set out a detailed timeline which focuses heavily on the Mitsubishi CRJ900s descent. TSB At a height of 50 feet the rate of descent had increased to 1114 feet per minute (fpm) from 672 fpm around 14 seconds before. to the right, the TSB said.

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SpaceX Starship rocket explodes on seventh test flight, first stage recovered

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The first stage, referred to as Super Heavy, made a controlled descent and was captured by mechanical arms on the launch tower, colloquially known as Mechazilla. The flight, which lifted off on January 16, 2025, at 4:37 p.m. Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster!

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Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 makes heavy landing in Los Angeles: video 

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However, as the aircraft crossed the runway threshold, the footage appears to show the aircraft making little attempt to arrest its rate of descent or initiate a flare by raising its nose to bleed off any excess airspeed before it touches down. It departed LAX at 16:06 local time and landed in Frankfurt at 11:14 the following morning.

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