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Friendly fire strike in Afghanistan – June 2014
In June of 2014, the mainstream media reported the following story: Five NATO troops and an Afghan soldier were killed in a friendly-fire airstrike in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials and Taliban...
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KAL (Korean Air Lines) 007, September 1983
Introduction Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was a Korean Air Lines civilian airliner that was shot down by Soviet interceptors on September 1, 1983, over the Sea of Japan/East Sea, near Moneron Island...
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Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska C-17 Crash, 06/28/2010
On 28 July 2010, at approximately 1822 hours local time (L), a C-17A, Tail Number 00-0173, executed a takeoff from Runway 06 to practice maneuvers for the upcoming 31 Jul 10 Arctic Thunder Airshow at...
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4,000 tons of shells explode in Central Russia, October 2012
According to RT.com: More than 4,000 tons of shells exploded near a military testing ground some 40 kilometers from the city of Orenburg in Central Russia, prompting the mass evacuation of two nearby...
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USS San Francisco (SSN-711) Crash, January 2005
Background On 8 January 2005 at 02:43 GMT, San Francisco collided with an undersea mountain about 675 kilometers (364 Nautical Miles, 420 statute miles) south-east of Guam while operating at flank...
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Collision between USS Hartford and the USS New Orleans, March 20, 2009
Background The USS Hartford and USS New Orleans collision was a collision between the United States Navy Los Angeles-class submarine USS Hartford (SSN-768) and the United States Navy San Antonio-class...
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USS Minneapolis St. Paul, Four Sailor Deaths, 12/29/2006
Four crew members were washed overboard by heavy waves on 29 December 2006 in Plymouth Sound, England as the ship was exiting HMNB Devonport on the surface following a port call. This resulted in the...
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N71MC — Hudson Mid-Air Collision (08-08-2009)
On August 08, 2009, a midair collision occurred between a sightseeing helicopter and a single-engine plane over the Hudson River. Below are documents obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration...
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FAA Office of Aviation Research Report Index
The following documents were obtained from the FAA. Although not all about aircraft accidents, this serves as an interesting guide to the reports generated by the Office of Aviation Research. Federal...
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Bent Spear: Minot Air Force Base (08-29-2007)
The 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident occurred at Minot Air Force Base and Barksdale Air Force Base on August 29–30, 2007. Six AGM-129 ACM cruise missiles, loaded with a W80-1...
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) NAS Daily Event Logs
Recently, I was contacted about some very important documents that exist within the FAA holdings, referred to as the NAS Daily Event Logs. The FAA NAS Daily Events Log, prepared each day by the Federal...
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Possible Determination of an Extraordinary Nuclear Occurrence at Three Mile...
Background The following documents is a COMMISSIONER ACTION memo, labeled SECY-79-235 from Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, dated April 2, 1979. The purpose of the...
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Summaries of Nuclear Weapon and Material Accidents – Department of Energy –...
Background While sifting through thousands of different pages of documents, I found references to some previously, never-before-released (that I saw) documents about nuclear accidents. I have always...
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National Transportation Safety Board – Aviation Investigation Manual – Major...
Background NOTE: This manual is a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) staff product and is intended to provide information and guidance to NTSB employees who are involved in organizing and...
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B-47B/F-86L Aircraft Mishap Report, 5 February 1958
Background The Tybee Island B-47 crash was an incident on February 5, 1958, in which the United States Air Force lost a 7,600-pound (3,400 kg) Mark 15 nuclear bomb in the waters off Tybee Island near...
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Explosion of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Building...
Background On July 23, 2015, CBS News published the following: An explosion inside a federal laboratory in Maryland appears to be connected to a security officer’s small-scale efforts to manufacture...
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Harrison Ford Incident With Passenger Plane at California Airport, February...
Background An Aviat A-1C Husky, flown by actor Harrison Ford, was involved in an incident during landing at Orange County-John Wayne Airport, California. The pilot had been cleared to land on runway...
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The Shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 – July 3, 1988
Background Iran Air Flight 655 was an Iran Air passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai. On 3 July 1988, the aircraft operating on this route was shot down by the United States Navy guided missile cruiser...
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Recovering from a Nuclear Incident – Lessons Learned from Chernobyl
Background This series of 12 video segments examines some of the lessons learned from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. The segments include the unique perspective of two survivors of...
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Aircraft Accident Report – Uncontrolled Descent and Collision With Terrain,...
Background This report explains the accident involving USAir flight 427, a Boeing 737-300, which entered an uncontrolled descent and impacted terrain near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, on September 8, 1994....
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The 2013 Sale of the USS Forrestal for One Penny
Background According to a 2013 Press Release by the US Navy: WASHINGTON (NNS) — The Navy awarded a $0.01 delivery order Oct. 22 for dismantling and recycling ex-USS Forrestal (AVT 59). The delivery...
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1968 Thule Air Base B-52 Crash with 4 Hydrogen Bombs On Board
Background On 21 January 1968, an aircraft accident involving a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber occurred near Thule Air Base in the Danish territory of Greenland. The aircraft was carrying...
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The Sinking of the K-141 “Kursk” Russian Submarine
Wrecked hull of Kursk after it was raised a year later. Background Here is, according to Wikipedia, what is believed to have happened to the Kursk: The Kursk submarine disaster occurred during a major...
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Collision Between USS Baton Rouge and Russian K-276 Crab (later B-276...
Background The collision between the USS Baton Rouge and a Russian Sierra Class submarine K-276 Crab (later named the B-276 Kostroma) occurred on February 11, 1992, in the Barents Sea, near the Russian...
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