Indonesian authorities announced on Thursday they will halt their search for further victims of the Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea earlier this month. However, divers will continue to search for the plane’s cockpit voice recorder (CVR), which investigators believe could be key to understanding the cause of the fatal crash, which
Three members of the New York National Guard have been killed in a military helicopter crash that occurred in the town of Mendon, New York, amid a routine training mission. The aircraft, a UH-60 medical evacuation helicopter, reportedly crashed in a field area near West Bloomfield and Cheese Factory Road in Mendon, approximately 32 kilometres
Air crash investigators in Indonesia are still yet to find the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the crashed Sriwijaya Air plane days after finding the mechanism’s casing. The CVR is thought to be key in understanding the cause of the plane crash, and will pair with the information already recovered from the aircraft’s flight data
Divers in Indonesia have reportedly found the casing of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 that crashed into the Java Sea last week. However, authorities are still searching for the device’s memory unit, according to an Indonesian Navy officer, which is hoped to contain vital information on the cause of
A Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov An-124 was forced to make an emergency landing in Novosibirsk, Russia, shortly after take-off on Saturday morning, following what is believed to be an uncontained engine failure. The aircraft, registration RA-82042, had 14 people and 84 tonnes of cargo on board, when it returned to Tolmachevo Airport in Novosibirsk shortly after
Airlines based in Pakistan could face a ban from flying to 188 nations over its ongoing scandal, which saw 30 per cent of its pilot workforce accused of obtaining their licences fraudulently. In a letter dated 3 November, the International Civil Aviation Organisation, a specialised branch of the United Nations, stated that the Pakistan Civil
