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Causes of air flight accidents:                       

AIRCRAFT COMPONENT/SYSTEM FAILURE
		Hydraulics failure, blocked pilot heads.   

AIRFRAME FAILURE
		Fuselage and wing failure in-flight
AUTHORITIES / GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
		Links to Civil aviation authorities, accident investigation boards etc.
CARGO OCCURRENCES
		Events involving cargo fire, leak, shifting and overloading
COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER / FLIGHT DATA RECORDER 
		CVR transcripts and general information
COLLISIONS BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 
		In-flight and ground collisions.
COLLISIONS WITH BIRDS 
		Birdstrikes.
COLLISIONS WITH WATER 
		Ditching, 'controlled flight into water'.
ENGINE RELATED PROBLEMS
	                Engine separation, prop separation, engine fire etc.
FIRE 
		In-flight fire
FLIGHT CREW 
		Human factors, use of alcohol/drugs
LOSS OF CONTROL
		Events involving loss of pitch/directional control, locked ailerons etc.
SABOTAGE / HIJACK
		Shootdown events, airliner bombings and hijackings
TAKE-OFF / LANDING
		Tailscrape, belly landing accidents
WEATHER
		Windshear, turbulence, icing
 
          Statistical Summary of Airplanes Accidents from 1970 to 1997
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