How does Boeing test the braking limits on the largest aircraft they've ever built? File the brake pads down to the rivets, load up the plane to nearly a million pounds, gun the engines to 200 mph, then mash the brakes as hard ...
It was learned a passenger wrote a goodbye letter to his family aboard the medical plane that crashed into Lake Michigan on Friday, killing 4 out of the 5 occupants.
Over the years, a particular focus has been placed on aviation safety improvements. Many of these improvements have come to be thanks to the lessons learned from past crashes.