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Medical air ambulance crash in Philadelphia claims six lives

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pic.twitter.com/C01hd7yQ4s — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 1, 2025 Tragically, all six people onboard perished in the accident, including the pilot, co-pilot, paramedics, a pediatrician, a young girl receiving medical treatment, and her mother who was accompanying her.

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

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This included filing a report of suspicion against the Spanish pilot who survived the crash and is currently receiving treatment in his home country, as well as questioning him. This system is crucial for wing deployment, which could have led to the aircrafts descent. One pilot, a Spanish citizen, was killed in the crash.

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Pilot Actions May Have Contributed To Endeavor Air CRJ-900 Crash

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Pilot actions, including an excessive rate of descent, may have contributed to the Feb. The descent continued at an excessive rate, reaching around 1,098 feet per minute upon impact with a bank angle of about 7 degrees to the right. seconds before landing, signaling that the aircraft was descending too rapidly.

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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 aircraft was directed towards runway 28L at Guarulhos for a priority landing.

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

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The automatic pilot (autopilot) has to be one of aviations finest technological inventions. Largely gone are the days when pilots had to manually control their aircraft from engine start-up to shut down by keeping their hands rigidly fixed on the controls at all times.

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Lancair Loses Clamshell Door; Pilot Makes Safe Landing

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The pilot/owner, 63-year-old Dan OBrien, returned to KJYO and made a safe landing. It then began a descent that quickly reached a rate of 846 feet per minute before stabilizing at an altitude of 2,850 feet. It then began a descent that quickly reached a rate of 846 feet per minute before stabilizing at an altitude of 2,850 feet.

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Southwest Airlines Changes Cabin Landing Preparations

One Mile at a Time

While it will vary depending on a flight’s descent profile, you can expect that this will typically translate to the cabin being prepared for landing roughly five minutes earlier than before. It’s also common among many foreign carriers to prepare the cabin for landing as soon as the descent starts.

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