Airbus Helicopters is calling on operators of its H160 rotorcraft to replace main rotor system pitch rods after the rupture of one of the components prompted the crew of one aircraft to ditch in the ...

Simply hoping an aircraft ditching will not happen to you is no way to prepare for a successful outcome. USAirways flight 1549 passengers on the right wing and in the slide/rafts await the arrival of ...

Ditching an airplane is generally survivable, with many common myths (like planes sinking quickly or instantly nosing over) being untrue, and airplanes often float. Preventative flight planning, such ...

Ditching an aircraft is a real possibility, even over land, and many pilots harbor dangerous myths and wishful thinking about surviving the event. Survival in a ditching largely depends on prior ...

Bizliner Aviation recently completed comprehensive cockpit and cabin crew ditch training required under Part 125 for a Boeing Business Jets BBJ2 operator based in North America. Bizliner developed ...

Chinese authorities have conducted a search and rescue exercise simulating the ditching of a twin-engined aircraft in water off Shanghai. The exercise, in the Yangtze estuary near Baoshan, included a ...