Cockpit voice recorders in the U.S. start rerecording every two hours, a limit that the National Transportation Safety Board says should be extended to 25 hours.
Tag: Pilots
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F.A.A. Orders Airlines to Ground Some Boeing 737 Max 9 Jets After Midair Emergency
An Alaska Airlines plane made an emergency landing at the Portland, Ore., airport on Friday after losing a chunk of its body, terrifying passengers.
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Deadly Plane Crash in Nepal Caused by Pilot Error, Report Finds
One pilot changed the propeller angle instead of that of the wing flaps while trying to land a Yeti Airlines plane in January, a report said.
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Bob Pardo, Pilot in Daring Rescue in Vietnam War, Dies at 89
In an extraordinary act of aerial ballet, he helped a fellow pilot whose plane had become compromised until they could be safely rescued.
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Alaska Airlines Pilot Who Used Mushrooms Indicted, but Not for Attempted Murder
A grand jury indicted Joseph Emerson, who said he thought he was dreaming in the cockpit, on lesser charges of endangering an aircraft and reckless endangerment of the passengers and crew.