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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


