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Last updated January 25th, 2010

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Tragic video of the midair collision in New York city

By now you have probably heard of the tragic crash between a helicopter and a Piper Saratoga over the Hudson river which killed nine people. There were some images released at first:

Now a video has surfaced on and I’ve included it below. Note that it also contains a commentary by the anchor and a [...]

Video: Go Around! Go Around!

Some of you may have seen this video but if you haven’t:

crash SBH from Mo Po on Vimeo.

I think this is a perfect example of when to abort the landing and go around. St. Bart’s is definitely the place where if you don’t touch on the numbers, you need to go around.

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Video of a water bomber crashing in the lake in BC

British Columbia is experiencing its share of forest fires this summer which are blamed, in part, on the torrid temperatures the province has experienced.

As always, fire fighters are working diligently to put out the blaze with machinery on the ground and in the air. A few days ago, a water bomber crashed into Lake Okanagan [...]

Investigation of Colgan Air 3407 crash

The US NTSB concluded its public hearing into the February crash of Colgan Air 3407 just outside Buffalo. There are a lot of answers but, as with any accident like this, each answer brings up new questions.

There are many lessons to be taken away from this tragedy and Max Trescott has a great article [...]

FedEx plane crash in Tokyo

As reported by Max Trescott (and I’m sure, news outlets as well) a FedEx MD-11 cargo jet crashed at Tokyo’s Narita airport yesterday. Both the pilot and co-pilot were killed during the fiery crash and it was all caught on video. Watch the video below for the dramatic last moments of the plane:

It seems [...]