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The crash was the subject of a Discovery Channel television series Curiosity 2-hour episode "Plane Crash". [14] [15] The episode was aired on 7 October 2012, and narrated by Josh Charles. [15] [16] The 1-hour-35-minute episode "The Plane Crash" aired on Channel 4 in Britain on 11 October 2012.
A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is radio controlled by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter continuously communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms (servos) which move the control surfaces based on ...
N833NA, the Boeing 720 aircraft involved in the test. NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducted a joint program for the acquisition, demonstration, and validation of technology for the improvement of transport aircraft occupant crash survivability using a large, four-engine, remotely piloted transport airplane in a controlled impact demonstration (CID).
Flight 2216 is currently the deadliest plane crash of the 2020s decade, the deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft surpassing Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, and the second-deadliest accident involving a Boeing 737 behind Lion Air Flight 610. 2024 marked the deadliest year in commercial aviation since 2018. [131]
The crash occurred while the entire cockpit crew was preoccupied with a burnt-out landing gear indicator light. They failed to notice that the autopilot had inadvertently been disconnected, and as a result, the aircraft gradually lost altitude and crashed. This was the first fatal crash of a wide-body aircraft.
Amateur videographer and airplane aficionado Radko Našinec recently captured incredible footage of a Boeing 737-430 going up against some very strong cross winds -- and nearly losing.
A pilot and passenger emerged unscathed from a light plane that made a dramatic crash landing in Australia after flying perilously close to houses in suburban Sydney.
The landing failure ended a string of 267 successful booster recoveries in a row dating back to February 2021. The Falcon 9's second stage, however, successfully carried 21 Starlink internet ...