Initial flight testing explores the characteristics of the airplane as it is initially configured. At this point, the designers have done their best to create a machine that is safe to fly, meets all ...

The preliminary NTSB investigation into a fatal Michigan business jet crash is focusing on the aircraft's stall characteristics and the crew's decision to perform a required post-maintenance stall ...

Fatal accidents involving Hawker 800 and 900XP jets have prompted the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to issue emergency recommendations for post-maintenance stall tests. According to the ...

Airbus is about to briefly ground its first A400M flight-test aircraft to install additional test equipment, including rockets to assist with stall-testing, before continuing with trials in February.

The NTSB concluded a fatal Hawker 900XP crash during a post-maintenance stall test was caused by the flight crew's decision to operate in icing conditions, leading to wing contamination that degraded ...

The US safety board is calling for urgent regulatory action after two fatal Hawker business jet crashes during post-maintenance stall tests, warning line pilots lack adequate training to perform such ...

A Hawker 900XP descends to land. Credit: Nigel Prevett/Aviation Week Once again, the photos of the crash from a post-maintenance flight of a Hawker are grim. On Oct. 16, 2025, a Hawker 800XP ...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — The flight crew of a plane that crashed near Lansing in October had decided to perform a post-maintenance test themselves after the aircraft had undergone seven months of ...