Commentaries :: Specific Air Crash Comments

Air France 447 - A Very Scary Crash
Air France Flight 447 is down. Sadly, it is expected that all 228 aboard are lost. Severe weather and a loss of radar contact usually mean... [more]
 
Air France 447 - Additional Details
As additional details about the crash of Air France 447 are released, we now know that more information than was previously reported... [more]

Air France 447 - Pitot Tube Modification
Speculation is that the Pitot Tubes, which were unmodified as recommended for better ice resistance, permitted erroneous speed readings... [more]

Air France 447 - The Rush to Blame the Crew
Air France decided to wait and see and now we have seen over 200 dead... [more]
 
Hawker 800 Crash - Preliminary Thoughts for all Pilots
Witnesses describe a touchdown on a wet runway, a roll-out, then the application of power and a crash just beyond the end of the runway. All aboard were killed... [more]

Hawker 800 Crash Cockpit Voice Recorder Transcript
The NTSB just released a transcript of the cockpit conversations of the captain and first officer of a crash that took their lives and six others... [more]

Madrid MD-82 Crash, Déjà Vu
The flight path of both the Northwest and Spanair aircraft are eerily similar, with the nose seen coming up to takeoff altitude, followed by an aerodynamic stall resulting in a rapid descent to the ground with a large loss of life... [more] 

NTSB concludes hearings on USAir 427 without concluding the obvious
The NTSB wraps up three days of investigative hearings regarding the cause of the Pittsburgh crash of USAir Flight 427 on September 8, 1994, which resulted in 132 fatalities. Yet, the NTSB and the FAA still refuse to look at the obvious cause of this crash... [more]

NTSB Ignores Obvious in USAir 427 Crash
Why hasn't the NTSB yet reported its findings on the tail of USAir 427? It was one of the largest single components of the airplane that was found and examined... [more]

Crash of Spanair MD-82 could have been prevented
It is inexplicable and horrendous that an aircraft such as this was cleared for service without an engine change when they couldn’t possibly have known what damage resulted from... [more]

Crash of TWA Flight 800 - Focus on the Obvious
"If you haven't found chemical residue by now, it's unlikely that a bomb downed TWA Flight 800," says Arthur Alan Wolk, a nationally-known aviation attorney, pilot and frequent media consultant about air crash causes... [more]

TWA 800 Crash Exploding Fuel Tank
Ten years after TWA 800 exploded over Long Island killing all aboard and thirty two years after its sister ship exploded over Madrid killing all aboard, the FAA still has no rule in place to require... [more]

US Air 427 Crash - Haunting Resemblance to United Flight 585
In both accidents, the airplanes were described as rolling over onto their sides and diving straight into the ground. The manufacturer and airline in the Colorado accident claimed... [more]