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Why airplane windows are round, not square — the 1954 disasters that killed 56 people and changed aviation forever

The de Havilland Comet was the world’s first commercial jet airliner — a 1949 British marvel that promised faster, higher, more comfortable air travel. Then in early 1954, two of them broke apart in ...
Flying

Crashes, Certification, and the Shutdown: Aviation’s Defining Moments of 2025

2025 witnessed two significant commercial aviation accidents: a deadly mid-air collision between a military helicopter and a civilian jet over the Potomac, and a dramatic but non-fatal rollover ...
Flightglobal

IATA highlights failure of states to meet accident-reporting standards

IATA has called for action after calculating that final reports are yet to be published for 43% of commercial aviation accidents and incidents between 2018 and 2023 IATA has called for action after ...
insider.si.edu

Safety in the skies : personnel and parties in the NTSB aviation accident investigations : master volume / Liam P. Sarsfield [and others]

"Prepared for the National Transportation Safety Board." "Institute for Civil Justice." "MR-1122/1-ICJ"--Page 4 of cover. The Institute for Civil Justice -- Board of Overseers -- A National Focus on ...