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Safety & Regulation

Two Widebodies, One Runway: The Week Munich's 26L Drew Two Investigations

Between 15 and 21 August 2026, Germany's BFU opened inquiries into two separate widebody events on the same Munich runway within 48 hours, while two long-haul jets declared emergencies for hydraulic problems and a fatal midair collision at an uncontrolled Pennsylvania airfield drew NTSB investigators.

23 August 2026 · 14 minRajkumar Agarwal

Safety & Regulation

Anatomy of an Air Crash Investigation: How the World Finds Out What Went Wrong

From the first hours at a wreckage site to a final report years later, aviation accident investigations follow a rigorous international playbook. Here's how it works — and why it made flying the safest way to travel.

20 August 2026 · 9 minRajkumar Agarwal

Safety & Regulation

No Fault in the Switches: AI171 Investigation Narrows as Final Report Nears

India's AAIB has told Parliament the Boeing 787's fuel control switches showed no defect, and the Supreme Court has been told the final AI171 report is due in October 2026. The remaining questions are the hardest ones.

20 August 2026 · 8 minRajkumar Agarwal