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Air France 447 - A Very Scary Crash
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Air France 447 Additional Details
As additional details about the crash of Air France 447 are released, we now know more information than was previously... [more]

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

AF 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
Witnesses describe a touchdown on a wet runway, a roll-out, then the application of power and a crash just beyond the end... [more]

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

NTSB Concludes Hearings On USAir 427
The NTSB wraps up three days of investigative hearings regarding the cause of the Pittsburgh crash of USAir Flight 427 on... [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... [more]

Crash Of Spanair MD-82 Preventable
It is inexplicable and horrendous that an aircraft such as this was cleared for service without an engine change when... [more]

Crash Of TWA Flight 800
"If you haven't found chemical residue by now, it's unlikely that a bomb downed TWA Flight 800," says Arthur Alan Wolk... [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... [more]

US Air 427 Crash
In both accidents, the airplanes were described as rolling over onto their sides and diving straight into the ground... [more]

 
 

Commentaries :: Specific Commentaries

USAir Flight 427 Crash Bears Haunting Resemblance To United Flight 585 Crash In '91

Nationally known Aviation Attorney Arthur Alan Wolk questions a control system malfunction

PHILADELPHIA - (September 9, 1994) - Last night's tragic plane crash of USAir Flight 427 in Pittsburgh bears a haunting resemblance to the 1991 United Flight 585 crash which happened in Colorado Springs, Co. Witnesses' descriptions of the last moments of the USAir's Boeing 737 are strikingly similar to those of United 585 -- another Boeing 737.

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 wind shear as the cause of the crash. Nationally known aviation attorney, pilot and spokesperson for aviation safety, Arthur A. Wolk, wonders where the blame will be placed this time because weather conditions at the time of the USAir Flight 427 crash were perfect.

"Interestingly," says Wolk, "the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) never fully investigated reported control malfunctions in the Boeing 737s. This was due in large part to the suspicion that the accident was caused by wind shear, or inclement weather, and not by a control malfunction. Hopefully, the FAA and the NTSB will now conduct an in-depth investigation of the control systems of the 737s and specifically those malfunctions which may have caused this accident. In doing so, they may prevent further loss of life." 


 
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