How a broken part in a jet engine’s ‘blind spot’ brought down an Air Force F-16
An investigation found that the part behind an F-16C crash was in a "blind spot" that Air Force mechanics can't see during ...
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Bird Strike Testing & Foreign Object Damage Testing
UDRI's researchers can perform a wide variety of bird strike and foreign object damage (FOD) impact tests on aircraft structures or aircraft engine components. Projectiles as small as grains of sand ...
How Much Damage Can A Bird Strike Do To An Airplane Engine?
The recent tragic accident involving a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 in South Korea has been strongly linked to the aftermath of a bird strike. Although the full details of the accident are still to be ...
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Kazakh preliminary report on jet crash backs Azerbaijani assertions of accidental Russian shoot-down
Kazakh officials released the report February 4, stating the 53-parge document “does not purport to assign blame or ...
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Azerbaijan Airlines crash caused by foreign object damage, official report shows
The deadly Azerbaijan Airlines crash on 25 December was a direct result of damage to key flight systems caused by foreign objects ... the Embraer ERJ 190-100 jet lost all primary flight controls ...
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Azerbaijan Airlines crash caused by foreign object damage, official report shows
The deadly Azerbaijan Airlines crash on 25 December was a direct result of damage to key flight systems caused by foreign objects, a preliminary official ... Prior to the crash, the Embraer ERJ ...