So, what caused a highly reliable twin engine jet to turn into a glider? The short answer is fuel contamination. The Lear 35 ...

Though the B-17D was eased into the water in the trough between waves, it still struck with such force that bolted-down ...

The Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) discusses water landings in Paragraph 6-3-3, Ditching Procedures. It lists three ...

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For the new strike on the so-called "the Alabuga free economic zone" a connection was used in the composition of the A-22 aircraft and a kamkadze glider with a 100-kilogram warhead / Photo credit: ...

The NTSB wrote: According to the operator, the airplane was scheduled for maintenance during an overnight period on the evening before the accident flight at the Albany Maintenance Hangar Facility at ...

Seconds later, the aircraft nose is raised - AI-171's pilots were probably trying to keep the aircraft from crashing in a congested locality. But raising the nose results in loss of airspeed.

In simpler words, if during takeoff, the pilot takes an excessive nose up attitude, the aircraft can simply fall out of the air. While in the rare occasion, stalls can occur mid-flight, at higher ...

Instead, it was most likely a pilot’s decision to raise the nose of the troubled low-flying aircraft. This action was presumably taken to force it into a climb.