Pilot error led to crash, board says
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A federal agency blames improper rudder use and poor Airbus design for the Flight 587 crash that killed 265 in 2001. WASHINGTON - American Airlines Flight 587 lost its tail and plummeted into a New York City
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A pilot-in-training who failed to maintain a Russian passenger jet's speed was partly to blame for the jet slamming into a Ukrainian field last year, killing all 170 on board, a transport commission said Saturday.
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DENVER - A charter plane built by Canada&#39;s Bombardier crashed in Colorado Sunday, killing its pilot and co-pilot and injuring three other people, including the chairman of NBC Sports.
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A blimp crashed in a wooded area Tuesday when the pilot lost rudder control shortly after takeoff and tried to make an emergency landing on a nearby beach, authorities said.
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A pilot's temporary "mental incapacitation" played a crucial part in the crash and break-up of a British holiday jet with 236 passengers on board, a report from the Spanish air authorities said yesterday.
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The co-pilot of an airliner which crashed in New York in November 2001 made a fatal error, an inquiry finds.
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The co-pilot of an American Airlines  jet that crashed nearly three years ago in New York and killed  265 people lost control of the Airbus plane after mishandling  the rudder, investigators concluded on Tuesday.
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Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the United States said Tuesday an &quot;unnecessary and aggressive&quot; response to turbulence by the co-pilot
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Interim report says crew error could have had 'serious consequences' had there been a fire
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The regional airline says severe winter weather &quot;stressed&quot; its flight-assignment application, causing it to crash. By Jim Nash.
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United Air Lines said an operational error during routine system testing of its computer system was the preliminary root cause of a computer failure that forced the airline to cancel and delay U.S. flights yesterday.
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A plane crash at a British airport two years ago that killed five Americans was caused by the crew's failure to de-ice the wings before takeoff, an official accident report said Friday.
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The cockpit voice recorder from a private jet involved in Brazil's worst ever air crash and dialogues among traffic controllers point to a series of errors and misunderstandings that may have contributed to the accident, a local newspaper reported on Sunday.
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THE CRASH: Officials said the pilot tried to abort a landing in heavy rain and wind on Thailand's Phuket island, but hit the tarmac hard and skidded down the runway.
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A preliminary report, out Friday, suggests the Hendrick Motorsports plane crashed right after pilots failed to make the proper maneuver after overshooting the airport outside Martinsville.
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The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday said the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, the second-worst in American history, was caused by the pilot&#39;s &quot;unnecessary and excessive&quot; use of the rudder.
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A small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood on Friday, clipping the roofs of at least two homes and striking a truck before coming to rest against a brick wall, officials said. The pilot was slightly injured, and no one on the ground was hurt.