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Loss of Ukrainian Boeing 737 due to anti aircraft missile. Shortly after takeoff from Iran’s main airport on January 8th 2020 a Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing crashed in flames. The events happened so fast that I am now writing history but on the day in question there was a huge amount of media interest. In …
I am often asked for explanations of an accident as soon as the crash has occurred and of course it is seldom possible to be dfinitive; merely offer likely scenarios. In this particular case we have a lot of evidence to point to likely causes already. The crash – I will no call it an …
Bek Air Fokker 100 Crash Kazakhstan 27th December 2019 Read More »
The terrifying spectacle of the Sukhoi airliner crash landing in Moscow and bursting into a fiery inferno was hard to watch; how can this happen with a modern jetliner? What we see in the video clip is a hard landing followed by a large bounce and a return to earth that was hard enough to …
The tragedy of the young footballer Emilio Sala’s untimely death in an avoidable light aircraft crash has opened a can of worms in the general aviation world that seems to have been aided by the internet and misuse of American regulations. By using US registered aircraft some appear to be avoiding regulatory scrutiny and indulging …
The original B737 was launched in 1965 with small turbojet engines and went on to be a very successful aircraft. As fuel efficiency and noise became priorities, the aircraft was fitted with larger CFM turbofan engines and whilst quieter and more fuel efficient the extra size only just made the under wing location viable, due …
Officially Boeing can mark its own homework – Ethiopian Airlines Crash Update Read More »
As always after a crash, especially a major one with high numbers of fatalities, everyone wants answers. These are not always available soon after the event and in this case it has opened a discussion about an aircraft design that may or may not have been a factor.What is clear that the similarities between this …