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 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/31/severe-turbulence-delta-25-passengers-injured
+==== December - King Air (Autoland) ====
+== Autoland Saves King Air, Everyone Reported Safe ==
+December 20, 2025 / Updated December 21, 2025 - Russ Niles
+Garmin has confirmed the first emergency use of its Autoland system occurred on Saturday in Colorado. “Garmin can confirm that an emergency Autoland activation occurred at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield, Colorado,” the company said in a statement Sunday. “The Autoland took place on Sat., Dec. 20, resulting in a successful landing. We look forward to sharing additional details at the appropriate time.” Social media posts from flight tracking hobbyists reported a King Air 200 squawked 7700 about 2 p.m. local time today. The Autoland system was initiated and landed the aircraft at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport near Denver. A recording from LiveATC’s feed of the airport’s tower frequency includes a robotic female voice declaring a pilot incapacitation and the intention to land on Runway 30. The tape is below and first mention of the incident by ATC is at about 5:00. The Autoland system announces its intentions at about 11:10. (The time stamps are approximate.) There is no word on the condition of the pilot but social media posts suggest all aboard were safe.
+https://avbrief.com/autoland-saves-king-air-everyone-reported-safe/
+== Garmin Emergency Autoland Has First Save ==
+Posted by BeauHD on Monday December 22, 2025 07:30PM
+"Garmin's Collier Trophy award-winning Autonomi emergency Autoland, a system designed to safely land an aircraft in the event of pilot incapacitation, made its first real-world use and save on Saturday," writes Slashdot reader slipped_bit. AvBrief.com reports:
+<blockquote>
+Social media posts from flight tracking hobbyists reported a King Air 200 squawked 7700 about 2 p.m. local time today. The Autoland system was initiated and landed the aircraft at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport near Denver. A recording from LiveATC's feed of the airport's tower frequency includes a robotic female voice declaring a pilot incapacitation and the intention to land on Runway 30. The aircraft landed successfully and there have been no reports of injuries. The nature of the incapacitation and the condition of the pilot have not been released. VASAviation put together this nice animation of the event [here].
+The aircraft, N479BR, was being operated by Buffalo River Outfitters from Aspen to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan. It's not clear how many people were on board. The system appeared to work flawlessly, and the controller at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan seemed to take it in stride, accommodating as many requests as he could before shutting down the airport for the landing.
+</blockquote>
+https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/0050202/garmin-emergency-autoland-has-first-save
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+== The Hunt for Missing Malaysia Flight 370 Is Back On. Here’s Why It Might Actually Work ==
+Ocean Infinity, a Texas-based marine robotics company, will deploy a more advanced fleet of search vessels in pursuit of the missing plane.
+Ellyn Lapointe - December 4, 2025
+It’s been over a decade since Malaysia Airlines flight 370 and the 239 souls on board vanished over the southern Indian Ocean. Years of extensive, international search efforts have failed to locate the plane, but an American tech company believes it could finally find it.
+On Wednesday, the Malaysian Ministry of Transport announced that Ocean Infinity, a marine robotics firm based in Austin, Texas, will recommence seabed search operations for MH370 on December 30. The company will hunt for the plane intermittently over the course of 55 days, working within a “targeted area assessed to have the highest probability of locating the aircraft.” That area spans roughly 5,800 square miles (15,000 square kilometers).
+Ocean Infinity signed a “no-find, no-fee” contract with the Ministry in March and will be paid $70 million if it recovers wreckage from MH370. This isn’t the first time the company has tried to find the plane; its initial search in 2018 turned up nothing. This time, Ocean Infinity will deploy a more advanced fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).
+https://gizmodo.com/the-hunt-for-missing-malaysia-flight-370-is-back-on-heres-why-it-might-actually-work-2000695861
+== MH370 vanished in 2014. A new search aims to find answers families desperately want ==
+Rudi Maxwell - 30 December 2025
+Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur heading for Beijing on March 8, 2014 — and vanished.
+Now, nearly 12 years later, a new search is set to begin.
+Is the new search likely to find new evidence more than a decade after the flight went missing? And with satellite technology how does a commercial aircraft disappear? This is what we know.
+https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-30/mh370-search-resumes-for-malaysia-airlines-missing-plane/106186962
+== For the past 24 hours, the vessel searching for MH370 has been moving at low speed in a very specific area ==
+Seb Mil - Monday, January 5, 2026, at 17:38 UTC / Updated: January 5, 2026, 17:40 UTC
+The search vessel has been moving at a very low speed in a very specific area, an unusual behavior compared to standard search patterns.
+In a video “MH370 Search – Jan 5, 2026 – Did the ship find something?” posted by gilchecksix, the speaker noticed an unusual behavior compared to standard search patterns for Ocean Infinity vessel, currently looking for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
+He suggests this could indicate the use of a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Unlike the Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) that follow pre-programmed paths for days, an ROV is tethered to the ship and controlled in real-time by an operator.
+ROVs are typically deployed to get high-resolution photos or detailed inspections of specific objects or “points of interest” that were previously detected by AUVs.
+https://airlive.net/news/2026/01/05/for-the-past-24-hours-the-vessel-searching-for-mh370-has-been-moving-at-low-speed-in-a-very-specific-area/
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+== UPS faces class action lawsuit after deadly Louisville plane crash ==
+Dana Sullivan Kilroy - Wed, November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM PST
+A Louisville resident and several local businesses filed a federal class-action lawsuit against United Parcel Service (UPS) and two major aerospace manufacturers following a deadly cargo plane crash that killed at least 13 people, including the UPS crew of three, and injured several others on November 3.
+The crash of a UPS cargo jet at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport unleashed a fiery explosion, destroying nearby buildings and leaving residents struggling with smoke, soot, and chemical contamination.
+A spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) described the crash in detail during a press conference following the crash.
+The lawsuit, filed Nov. 7 in U.S. District Court, alleges that UPS, Boeing, and General Electric acted negligently and recklessly in operating and maintaining the aircraft.
+Plaintiffs say the crash “upended the lives and livelihoods” of people and businesses in the surrounding community.
+https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ups-faces-class-action-lawsuit-231700213.html
+== Aviation Investigation Preliminary Report ==
+November 4, 2025, 17:14 Local
+McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
+Flight Conducted Under: Part 121: Air carrier - Non-scheduled
+On November 4, 2025, about 1714 eastern standard time (EST), United Parcel Service (UPS)
+flight 2976, a Boeing (McDonnell-Douglas) MD-11F airplane, N259UP, was destroyed after it
+impacted the ground shortly after takeoff from runway 17R at Louisville Muhammad Ali
+International Airport (SDF), Louisville, Kentucky. The 3 crewmembers aboard the airplane and
+people on the ground were fatally injured. There were 23 others on the ground who were
+injured. Flight 2976 was a domestic cargo flight operating under the provisions of Title 14
+Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121 from SDF to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport
+(HNL), Honolulu, Hawaii.
+In response to the accident, the NTSB traveled to SDF on November 5, 2025, and started the
+process of documenting the accident site, and collecting the perishable data necessary for the
+investigation. As part of the investigative process, the NTSB invited qualified parties to
+participate in the investigation. These included the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), UPS,
+The Boeing Company, Independent Pilots Association (IPA), General Electric (GE) Aerospace,
+and Teamsters Airline Division.
+https://www.ntsb.gov/Documents/Prelimiary%20Report%20DCA26MA024.pdf
+==== 2025 Gloucestershire (Light Aircraft / 3D Printed Part) ====
+== Plane crashed after 3D-printed part collapsed ==
+Maisie Lillywhite - 4 December 2025
+A plane crashed after a 3D-printed part softened and collapsed, causing its engine to lose power, a report has found.
+The Cozy Mk IV light aircraft was destroyed after its plastic air induction elbow, bought at an air show in North America, collapsed.
+The aircraft crashed into a landing aid system at Gloucestershire Airport in Staverton on 18 March at 13:04 GMT, after its engine lost power. The sole occupant was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
+The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said in a report that the induction elbow was made of "inappropriate material" and safety actions will be taken in future regarding 3D printed parts.
+https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w932vqye0o
+==  Plane Crashed After 3D-Printed Part Collapsed ==
+Posted by BeauHD on Thursday December 04, 2025 03:23PM
+A light aircraft crashed in Gloucestershire after a 3D-printed plastic air-induction elbow softened from engine heat and collapsed, cutting power during final approach and causing the plane to undershoot the runway. Investigators say the part was made from "inappropriate material" and safety actions will be taken in the future regarding 3D printed parts. The BBC reports:
+<blockquote>
+Following an "uneventful local flight", the AAIB report said the pilot advanced the throttle on the final approach to the runway, and realized the engine had suffered a complete loss of power. "He managed to fly over a road and a line of bushes on the airfield boundary, but landed short and struck the instrument landing system before coming to rest at the side of the structure," the report read.
+It was revealed the part had been installed during a modification to the fuel system and collapsed due to its 3D-printed plastic material softening when exposed to heat from the engine. The Light Aircraft Association (LAA) said it now intends to take safety actions in response to the accident, including a "LAA Alert" regarding the use of 3D-printed parts that will be sent to inspectors.
+</blockquote>
+https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/12/04/2125206/plane-crashed-after-3d-printed-part-collapsed