by Spyros | May 1, 2021 | News
ZeroAvia’s promising hydrogen-powered Piper Malibu had a crash, as it attempted an off-field landing. The two occupants reportedly suffered no injuries. The crash happened on Thursday, four days after ZeroAvia restarted hydrogen-powered flights, following some...
by Spyros | Apr 28, 2021 | News
A privately-owned, historic Royal Navy Hawker Sea Fury crashed today in South Somerset, UK, near RNAS Yeovilton. The crew are safe. Information about the Sea Fury’s crash is still sparse. We know that the aircraft was performing a routine training flight. The crew had...
by Spyros | Apr 23, 2021 | News
Pre-existing problems with the autothrottles, contributed to the loss of TAROM flight 371. But this is far from the whole story. Observers often describe aviation incidents and accidents using the Swiss cheese analogy. Multiple safeguards, designed to cover one...
by Spyros | Apr 13, 2021 | News
Indonesian authorities successfully downloaded the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182 that crashed in January. It took two and a half months to find, and then a bit under two weeks to secure and download successfully. But now authorities have...
by Spyros | Nov 22, 2020 | News
Last Friday FBI agents in Los Angeles arrested a 22-year-old drone pilot, whose drone had a crash with a Los Angeles police helicopter. It is the first case of a criminal prosecution in the US for unsafe operation of an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). Local police...
