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AvGeeknologist @avgeeknologist.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This new NTSB video shows the failure sequence of the MD-11 aft pylon attachment. It's info already known from reports, but easier to digest. youtu.be/iWkLZjJXaos?...

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NTSB Animation - Engine-to-Wing Attachment Design Overview and Findings

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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

My latest newsletter - public records from the NTSB & Federal Register show that the White House was wrong in a claim used to justify firing Boad Member Todd Inman. colleenmondor.substack.com/p/47-ntsb-re...

#47: NTSB records show White House wrong on claim against Board Member....The claim that J Todd Inman failed "to attend at least half of NTSB meetings" is incorrect.

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Quite interesting. The drone industry seems to be repeating the same pitfalls that once challenged commercial aviation: mode confusion, limited understanding of automation, and the instinct to rely on the autopilot instead of reverting to manual control. Was the pilot too busy demo-ing his drone?

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Kyra Dempsey - Admiral Cloudberg @kyracloudy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Do you have a bone to pick about some aspect of the DCA mid-air? ATC working conditions, DCA traffic, army aviation safety culture, whatever it may be—please send me any links about it that you think I should read before I put pen to paper for my draft article, and I'll add them to the stack.

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

On this day in 2018, Elaine Herzberg became the first pedestrian killed in a self-driving car collision. The investigation revealed familiar patterns: reliance on automation, human factors, unforeseen scenarios, and organisational pressures. Listen: A Meditation on Automation

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

OTD in 2017, Rescue 116, a SAR helicopter on a support mission, crashed into Blackrock, an island on Ireland's west coast. All four crew members on board, Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Chief Pilot Mark Duffy, winch operator Paul Ormsby, and winch man Ciarán Smith were killed.

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

OTD, 25 years ago today (9 Feb 2001): the USS Greenville collided with the Ehime Maru. Many factors were at play: Hazy weather, lost situational awareness, poor teamwork, and a rushed emergency ballast blow. Yet only one person took all the blame. 🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/1Tgb...

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Today in 1995, US and Norwegian scientists launched a Black Brant XII high-altitude sounding rocket from Andøya Island off of Norway to study the aurora borealis. A Russian early-warning radar on the Kola Peninsula quickly detected the launch, which operators mistook for a US Trident II D5 SLBM.

A color photograph of a long, thin, needle-like Black Brant XII sounding rocket at launch, with a bright orange plume of exhaust emanating from its tail end as the rocket leaves the launch rail. The rocket is painted black, silver, red, white, and yellow.

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I designated today as my writing day and now it seems that the NTSB server is offline... 😑

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

The recent first-time ever activation of the Garmin Autoland was not due to pilot incapacitation, but a conscious decision by the crew: Garmin Autoland Activation Was Crew Decision share.google/9KaQmvdJXCxe...

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Garmin Autoland Activation Was Crew Decision

Charter company clarifies circumstances behind first reported real-world use of emergency Garmin autoland system.

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

#OTD 2018: ERJ-190 Flying Control Rigging Error: Design not error proof. Documentation misleading. Maintenance training only "a starting point". Competence assessment, IIs, supervision are key. aerossurance.com/safety-manag... #flightsafety #aviationsafety #maintenance #humanfactors

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

2025-11-04: UPS MD-11F (N259UP, *1991) suffered an engine #1 explosion on take-off runway 17R at Louisville-Intl AP(KSDF), KY with 3 crew on board, lost height and crashed about 1 mile S of the runway. All occupants of flight #UP2956 to Honolulu perished. Also, 4 people on the ground died.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 05/11/2025

Little is known about the UPS MD-11F accident at this point, but footage taken from the air shows a chunk of one engine nacelle inlet sitting at a spot 2,000 feet before the end of runway 17R at SDF.

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

#OTD 2011 As the crew did not declare an autoland, ATC allowed another aircraft to depart which interfered with the localiser signal say BFU in a report issued after 85 months. aerossurance.com/safety-manag... #flightsafety #aviationsafety

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B777 in Autoland Mode Left Runway When Another Aircraft Interfered With the Localiser Signal - Aerossurance

As the crew did not declare an autoland, ATC allowed another aircraft to depart which interfered with the localiser signal.

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Tim Robinson @raestimr.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

After self-driving cars - self flying aircraft? The rise of autonomous systems promises AI pilots that never get tired - but can they cope with the unexpected? #avgeek ow.ly/M73r50XiTcI

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I joined Eckhard Jann again on Error One to discuss the Kalitta Air 747 crash in Brussels — a powerful case of decision-making under pressure and how one split-second can change everything. #AviationSafety #HumanFactors 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0kLd...

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The Kalitta Air 747 Crash in Brussels – A Split-Second Decision That Changed Everything

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Both pilots had studied the Route Guide. Both were safety-conscious. Yet neither saw the 282-ft obstacle. Lighting, layout, glare-how did so many small issues align? #tbt to one of our most haunting episodes of The Essence of Safety. #rescue116 open.spotify.com/episode/1PAa...

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

“At 1:43 and some odd seconds, I felt the first shudder… a loud bang. Something was gravely wrong.” The story of Greeneville — a U.S. Navy submarine, a routine drill, and a tragedy that shocked the world. 🎙️ Listen to the full episode now: open.spotify.com/episode/1Tgb...

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

In 1968, a Japan Air Lines DC-8 landed in San Francisco Bay. No one died, but the captain’s blunt confession became legendary: “I f*cked up.” But did self-blame help aviation safety - or hide the real lessons? 🎧 The Essence of Safety — new episode out now: open.spotify.com/episode/1Tgb...

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

When a JAL DC-8 lands short of the runway in San Francisco Bay, its captain admits fault with disarming honesty. Decades later, a U.S. Navy submarine collides with a Japanese fishing vessel, and another captain shoulders the weight of guilt... open.spotify.com/episode/1Tgb...

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Guilt, Blame, and the Lessons We Miss

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

After many months of research, I finally finished the write-up for the next episode - and started recording it. Unforeseen circumstances aside, I should publish it next week. The first part is about this ⬇️ accident. Fortunately no-one got seriously hurt. Any idea what it was?

A DC-8 airliner ditched in shallow waters. In front of it, a small patrol vessel.

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Crashing in a helicopter while on a crocodile egg gathering mission - only in Australia! 😄

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Tim Robinson @raestimr.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

In 2019 the evacuation of a burning Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet was hampered with fatal consequences. Why are passengers still taking hand luggage with them? #avgeek #aviation #safety www.aerosociety.com/news/a-bag-f...

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Recently, the topic of pilot error / human error / human factor has come up a lot again, and I thought it might be useful to start a 🧵 summarizing how modern safety science views the human role in safety-critical systems – and particularly in accidents. It's going long, but worth it, I promise!

A pictogram symbolising human error, using the head of a person and an aircraft

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

AVHerald update on AI171: "It is becoming [...] clear [...] that there was probably 0 negligence in the cockpit [...]. The probability of a technical cause is high." avherald.com/h?article=528f…

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The Aviation Herald

Aviation Herald - News, Incidents and Accidents in Aviation

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Eckhard Jann and I sat down and talked about the 2014 Falcon 50 accident at Moscow-Vnukovo that killed Total CEO Christophe de Margerie [in German]. open.spotify.com/episode/5upw...

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FEHLER EINS - Folge 47 - Unfall Vnukovo

FEHLER EINS - Daily Error · Episode

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Kyra Dempsey - Admiral Cloudberg @kyracloudy.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Nearing the end of the final report on Aeroflot 1492, I think I'm close to a full understanding of why this crash happened. I have a record 30 pages of notes, and I still need to read the Aeroflot and Rosaviatsiya dissenting opinions and the MAK's responses before I assemble the final text. (1/2)

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Elan Head @elanhead.com · 30/03/2025

A must-read. Yet another instance in which the non-public military accident investigations uncover troubling technical problems and the public report just blames the pilot.

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Flightradar24 @flightradar24.com · 06/03/2025

The NTSB released its preliminary report on the crash of a Medevac Learjet 55 last month. Of note, the NTSB says, “The CVR did not record the accident flight and ... it was determined that the CVR had likely not been recording audio for several years.” www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-...

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Medevac Learjet 55 crashes near Philadelphia | Flightradar24 Blog

A Learjet 55 air ambulance crashed shortly after departure from Northeast Philadelphia Airport on 31 January.

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Tim Robinson @raestimr.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

TONIGHT! Free #aviation lecture, RAeS Solent Branch, 5 March, 'Accident Investigation - The Human Perspective' #avgeek buff.ly/Wliyx8A

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Leo @lwo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Today I learned that Ron Schleede died this month. He was a well-known air crash investigator that appeared on many Mayday episodes. My condolences to his family and all of his friends and colleagues.

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

“The role of the operator in an accident is to add the final garnish to a lethal stew whose ingredients have been long in the cooking” No one has ever said it better.

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FreSch @fresch-dude.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

NTSB releases an image of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the Learjet 55 that crashed on Jan. 31 in Philadelphia. The CVR was located at the site of initial impact, at a depth of 8 feet.

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Nicolaus @cptschmerzfrei.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I shan't speculate, of course, but I do wonder whether last night's tragedy was related to forcing night visual approaches on crews. I find them a major safety issue that is (luckily) normally mitigated by technology. The Opsgroup wrote a great piece on the topic: ops.group/blog/us-visu...

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US Visual Approaches: lessons from the LH458 incident

On October 16, the crew of a Lufthansa A350 inbound to San Francisco found themselves in an unenviable situation: a seemingly unnecessary last-minute diversion to Oakland after a long-haul flight. The...

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Here's a great video explaining why the CVR and FDR of #Jeju2216 stopped recording at around the same time. The most likely information, based on what is publicly known so far, is a failure and/or shutdown of both engines. So, no cover up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TKo...

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737 CVR FDR Power

YouTube video by The Boeing 737 Technical Channel

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The Essence of Safety podcast @essenceofsafety.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

There are lots of reports that both the Cockpit Voice Recorder & the Flight Data Recorder of Jeju Air 2216 stopped working four minutes before the crash. Given their independent power supplies etc., that would be indeed very odd. But before anyone suspects foul play, here are two thoughts about it:

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