Pilot Error Blamed in N.J. School Shooting
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The Air Force has concluded that pilot error and a poorly designed aircraft control caused an F-16 pilot to fire 27 rounds of 20mm ammunition, some of which struck a New Jersey elementary school, according to a report obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Both pilots appeared to follow procedure in the milliseconds leading to a fatal mid-air collision between two Snowbirds aircraft Dec. 10, suggests an interim report from the investigation.
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Two U.S. pilots of an executive jet could have prevented a midair collision that killed 154 people aboard another plane if they had noticed their aircraft's transponder was turned off, according to a preliminary report by Brazilian police released Wednesday.
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An air traffic controller is blamed for a near miss between two jets on a runway at Manchester Airport.
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A laser beam was aimed at a police helicopter Friday &#151; one of several incidents involving aircraft across the country in the past week &#151; and federal authorities were questioning someone who had been at a house where they said the light had originated.
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Air traffic controllers at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport have covered up their mistakes such as letting planes fly too close together, sometimes blaming pilots for the errors, a federal report said.
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Better information by officials could have saved lives in a shooting spree on campus at Virginia Tech that left 33 people dead, a high-profile independent panel investigating the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history says.
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(Washington-AP) Oct. 26, 2004 - Federal safety officials say pilot error caused a 2001 American Airlines crash that killed 265 people.
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An American Airlines pilot is likely to be blamed by government investigators for causing the crash of Flight 587, which plunged into a Queens neighborhood on Nov. 12, 2001, killing all
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American Airlines Flight 587 lost its tail and plummeted into a New York City neighborhood in November 2001, killing 265 people, because the co-pilot improperly used the rudder to try to steady the plane, federal safety investigators ruled Tuesday.
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Interim report says crew error could have had 'serious consequences' had there been a fire
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LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 30 -- As federal authorities continue their investigation into Sunday's Comair jet crash that killed 49 people, independent safety experts said it is likely that a series of seemingly small events and decisions -- rather than any large single blunder -- led the pilots to...
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MOOSE JAW, Sask. (CP) - Two Snowbird pilots that crashed last week were practising a complex looping manoeuvre when something went wrong, officials said Sunday.
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A small plane crashed near a high school Tuesday, killing the one person aboard, officials said.
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PATRICK SPRINGS, Va. Airport officials in Virginia say pilots of at least 20 other planes decided it was too dangerous to land at the airport near where a Hendrick Motorsports plane went down.
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An Air National Guard fighter jet on a training mission fired eight high-powered cannon rounds through the roof of an Ocean County elementary school Wednesday night.
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An official inquiry into the crash of a Russian passenger plane over Ukraine says pilot error is to blame