Naval Flight Mishaps On The Rise

Monday, November 08, 2021 at 07:47 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Naval Class-A flight and aviation mishaps have significantly increased, more than doubling from fiscal year 2019 to 2021, with 12 Class-A flight mishaps and 16 Class-A aviation mishaps reported in FY2021.
The Naval Safety Center (NSC) indicates that while the raw number of Class-A incidents has risen, the overall mishap rate has remained relatively stable when compared to the 10-year average.
This increase is partly due to the dramatic rise in aircraft and component costs, which causes incidents that might have previously been classified as Class B or C to now meet the higher monetary threshold for Class-A.
The NSC continuously investigates these mishaps and collaborates with various agencies to implement corrective actions, including changes to operating instructions, checklists, and policy, to prevent future incidents.

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Naval flight mishaps are on the rise, more than double what they were two years ago, according to the Naval Safety Center (NSC).

So far this year, there have been a dozen Class-A flight mishaps of crewed aircraft, up from five reported in fiscal 2019, according to the most recent batch of NSC data. In that same time period, Class-A aviation mishaps have risen to 16 in FY2021, up from eight in fiscal 2019.