Overshooting a runway is the most common type of commercial aircraft accident in Indonesia and elsewhere.
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The commission set a goal of reducing aircraft accident rates by more than 80 percent by 2005.
This is the second major aircraft accident recently in Kazakhstan.
According to data from the International Air Transport Association, the chance of a commercial Western-built aircraft having an accident last year was one in three million.
But the truth is that Air France did not want to appear insensitive, pushing for a return of the aircraft, after the horrendous accident which happened when one of its aircraft caught fire on take-off from Charles de Gaulle Airport.
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The Air Accidents Investigation Branch said strong winds and the "challenging" handling of the aircraft probably caused the accident.
Kevin Smith is a Vietnam veteran from Newton, North Carolina, who suffered knee and back injuries in an accident aboard an aircraft carrier.
With commercial crash rates in the U.S. at record low levels, safety experts see the biggest remaining accident risks while aircraft wheels are still on the ground.
In the latest accident, the aircraft, a Fokker 50 owned by local company CAA, was flying in from the central mining town of Lodja when it came down in heavy rainfall, AFP reports.
Nakaima has been a strong representative for his constituents, whether it on the question of relocation of Futenma, the deployment of the accident-prone Osprey aircraft, or repeated incidents of violent misconduct of American servicemen.
To put all of the above information into perspective, we created a map of the countries showing the most troublesome accident records for commercial passenger aircraft.
No defects were found with either the tug aircraft or hang glider which could have contributed to the accident.
News of the tragic accident of a mid-sized Yak-42 Russian aircraft sent shockwaves throughout the global ice hockey community.
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Southwest does not have tray tables in the front rows of its aircraft, and Keller's suit said that contributed to the accident.
Statistics from 2001 to 2005 show that a hour spent riding in a helicopter was about 40% more likely to result in an accident than an hour spent in a fixed-wing aircraft.
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An earlier Air Accident Investigation Branch report said there was no evidence of mechanical failure with the aircraft.
Airlines that invested billions of dollars to buy the aircraft, which so far has flown a total of about one million passengers without a fatal accident, face uncharted territory in trying to persuade rattled passengers that the planes are safe.
While a probable cause for the accident will not be known for months or longer, investigators will certainly be looking at what caused the aircraft to apparently stall and plummet to the ground, killing all seven on board.
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