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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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 https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/05/26/193242/could-sea-explosions-finally-locate-the-2014-crash-site-of-flight-mh370
+== 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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 ==== 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 ==