aviation accident

collocation in English

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aviation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌeɪ.viˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌeɪ.viˈeɪ.ʃən/
the activity of flying aircraft, or of designing, producing, and keeping them in ...
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accident
noun
uk
/ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/us
/ˈæk.sə.dənt/
something bad that happens that is not expected or intended and that often damages something or ...
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(Definition ofaviationandaccidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Placing pilot error as a cause of anaviationaccidenthas often been controversial.
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At the time it was 17th most disastrousaviationaccidentin terms of fatalities.
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Following anaviationaccidenthe gave up football and became a journalist.
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It served as the country'saviationaccidentinvestigation agency for four years, when it investigated over five hundred aircraft accidents and incidents.
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The agency serves as theaviationaccidentand incident investigation authority of its jurisdiction.
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Gritsevets is credited with downing 42 enemy planes before he died in anaviationaccidentin 1939, two of them while flying biplanes.
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It is also responsible foraviationaccidentinvestigation.
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She sustained life-threatening injuries after anaviationaccident, in the eighth season finale, which ultimately ended in her death.
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In the wake of the tragicaviationaccident, he offers her an attending position at the hospital.
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Legislation requires investigation of aviation accidents and serious incidents to be carried out by an organisation independent of the regulator.
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It fully recognises the significance of human factors in aviation accidents and has set up a human factors study group.
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Now that we have got back to peace will any inquiries in future into any civil aviation accidents for which any of the corporations are responsible, be held in public?
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A total of 24 squadrons trained at the base during the war and 101 aviation accidents occurred at the station during this training.
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Statistics show that between 5% and 10% of all general aviation accidents can be attributed to spatial disorientation, 90% of which are fatal.
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It oversees civil aviation and investigates aviation accidents and incidents.
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Rail crashes, aviation accidents, and some automobile accidents are investigated by forensic engineers in particular where component failure is suspected.
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It is also in charge of investigating aviation accidents and incidents.
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The squadron has been plagued by aviation accidents in recent years.
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It investigates civil aviation accidents and incidents and cableway, roadway, waterway, and railway accidents.
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