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May 2, 2011 Legal.com, by Dave Alden, Updated June 4, 2011
The French Bureau of Investigations and Analysis (BEA) announced the recovery of the flight data recorder (FDR) and data/memory component from Air France flight 447, which crashed two years ago, 600 miles northeast of Brazil on June 1, 2009.
Read more: Air France 447 Recorder Found
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Legal.com - Dave Alden - April 3, 2011. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a rupture of the aircraft skin at the top of the cabin of this Boeing 737 being operated on April 1, 2011 as Southwest Airlines flight 812, during a scheduled flight from Phoenix, AZ (PHX) to Sacramento, CA (SMF). The pilots declared an emergency, diverted and landed safely in Yuma, AZ. Passengers were shaken by the sudden decompression, appearance of oxygen masks from panels above their seats and emergency descent, but there were no serious injuries. According to FAA records, the aircraft is a Boeing 737-300 series manufactured in 1996, N632SW registered to Southwest Airlines Co in Dallas, TX. Early speculation points to metal fatigue caused by cabin pressurization and depressurization each time the aircraft is flown. Following the incident, Southwest grounded a number of its 737s for inspection and canceled hundreds of flights. The Flight Data (FDR) and cockpit voice recorders (CVR) arrived at NTSB headquarters in Washington, DC on Saturday April 2nd.
Read more: 737 Fuselage tears, Flight 812 Diverts to Yuma
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