Flightglobal

Cirrus hit Metroliner after overshooting approach during high-speed turn

US investigators have determined that a Cirrus SR22 pilot’s high speed while turning from base leg to final caused the aircraft to overshoot the centreline and stray into a parallel approach path, ...
Mentour Pilot on MSN

The tower mistake that led a 737 straight into another aircraft

A routine evening at LAX turned deadly when a small SkyWest Metroliner lined up for an intersection takeoff and became ...
The Aviationist

Specially-configured Metroliner aircraft involved in surveillance operations in Libya crashes shortly after takeoff from Malta

Chilling dashcam video shows a Fairchild SA227-AT Expediter crashing after takeoff from Malta killing 5 people on board. On Oct. 24, a twin-prop Fairchild Metroliner aircraft, in a special ...
Yahoo

‘Amazing’: Pilots, passenger uninjured after midair crash

DENVER (AP) — The pilot of an airplane that collided with another midair near Denver requested an emergency landing for engine failure, not knowing that his plane was nearly ripped in half, according ...
Jalopnik

Plane's Parachute Saves The Day After Two Planes Collide In Mid-Air Near Denver

No injuries were reported after a bizarre incident near Denver. Two planes collided in mid-air and despite the damage to both aircraft, all occupants are reportedly unharmed after one landed safely ...
The Sun

Two planes COLLIDE in mid-air as shock pics show aircraft ripped in half

TWO planes collided in mid-air near Denver as pictures show one aircraft was left ripped in half after suffering major damage to its tail. Both planes were preparing to land at a small regional ...
Firefighter Nation

No Injuries in Midair Collision Near Denver

DENVER (AP) – Two small airplanes collided in midair Wednesday near Denver, leaving one aircraft nearly ripped in half and forcing the pilot of the other to deploy a parachute attached to the plane to ...
USA Today

Dublin Airport reopens after plane's wheel fails

DUBLIN (AP) - Flights at Dublin Airport were temporarily suspended Thursday when a BinAir cargo plane's nose wheel collapsed after touching down, the second such landing-gear failure to beset the ...
Aviation Week

Business Aviation Brief: Garmin G950 Wins STC Approval For Metroliner, Twin Otter

Garmin received supplemental type certificate approval for installation of the G950 Integrated Flight Deck in Fairchild Metroliner and De Havilland Twin Otter aircraft. The G950 is now approved for ...
Flightglobal

Manx2 Metroliner crashes in Cork: fatalities reported

A Fairchild Metroliner operated on behalf of Manx2 has crashed at Cork Airport in Ireland and there are reports of fatalities. A spokesman for the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) says there were 10 ...
Independent.ie

Aircraft in three new accidents since Cork disaster

THREE aircraft identical to the plane which crashed at Cork Airport, killing six people, have been involved in separate accidents since the tragedy last month. The families of victims of the tragedy ...