by Robert Hedrick | Jan 6, 2024 | Accident, Commercial Aviation Accident
On Friday, January 5, 2024, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 had a normal departure and climb-out from Portland en route to Ontario, California. There were 171 passengers on board, with six crewmembers. As the 737 Max was ascending through 16,000 feet, traveling at...
by Chris Rusing | Aug 30, 2023 | Accident
On August 28, 2023, at around 8:41 a.m., a helicopter registration number N109BC, owned and operated by Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue (BSFR) crashed into an apartment building in Pompano Beach, Broward County Florida killing a BSFR Captain and an adult civilian who was...
by Robert Hedrick | Jul 28, 2023 | Accident, Alaska Accident
On July 20, 2023, a Bell 206 helicopter, operated by Maritime Helicopters, Inc. crashed into a lake in northern Alaska. The three passengers and the pilot did not survive the accident. Our hearts go out to their families and friends. Alaska Department of Natural...
by Robert Hedrick | Jun 23, 2023 | Accident
Like millions of people in the U.S. and around the world, we have been closely watching the news about the OceanGate submersible The Titan. This most tragic accident occurring at the most well-known underwater graveyard of the Titanic is ironic and simply...
by Casey Dubose | May 23, 2023 | Accident, California Accident
They Had Enough Fuel, But Could Not Get It To The Engines The Twin Otter, N153QS, owned by Seafly LLC, a Delaware Corporation with a representative office in Palo Alto, CA, was involved in a fatal accident during a ferry flight to Hawaii. This aircraft, returning from...
by Casey Dubose | May 18, 2023 | Accident, Commercial Aviation Accident, Hawaii Accident
Many of the passengers of Hawaiian Airlines Flight 35, which flew into severe turbulence on December 18, 2022, report that right before the turbulence hit, the airline crew announced that they were approaching Honolulu and that it was OK to use the bathroom and get up...
