Congress pursuing independent commission to review aviation safety

Last week, military aviation hit a six-year high in the number of pilots and crews killed in military aviation accidents.

Fatal military aviation accidents have reached a six-year high, in both the number of accidents and the number of pilots and crews killed, a Military Times investigation has found.

So far, 12 fatal accidents — 11 crashes and one ground incident — in fiscal year 2018, which began Oct. 1, have claimed the lives of 35 military pilots and crew. It’s the highest number of crashes in years, and the total number of deaths so far this year ties 2016’s deadly year, when 35 aviators were also killed.

There are still four months to go in fiscal 2018.

Last week’s horrific crash of a Puerto Rico Air National Guard WC-130 brought the state of military aviation back into sharp focus. The plane’s fall from the sky was caught on video; all nine airmen aboard were killed.

All about the Wigner effect (radiation from Fukushima and other sources decaying metal parts of planes etc.)