Airbus Helicopters is calling on operators of its H160 rotorcraft to replace main rotor system pitch rods after the rupture of one of the components prompted the crew of one aircraft to ditch in the ...

In the summer of 2001, the pilot of a Pilatus PC-12 and three passengers were flying from Japan to Russia when the single-engine turboprop experienced an engine failure. The pilot ditched the airplane ...

Ditching an aircraft is a real possibility, even over land, and many pilots harbor dangerous myths and wishful thinking about surviving the event. Survival in a ditching largely depends on prior ...