The preliminary investigation into the crash of a business jet in Michigan in October is focusing on the stall characteristics of the aircraft and the crew’s decision to conduct a postmaintenance test ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fatal accidents involving Hawker 800 and 900XP jets have prompted the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to issue ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mexican-registered Raytheon Hawker 800XP plane crashed in Bath Township, Michigan during a test flight on October 16, killing ...

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 ...

The pilots in a deadly business jet crash in Michigan were performing a test flight themselves, following repairs, instead of waiting for a test pilot, when the aircraft plunged into woods near ...

A business jet crashed northeast of Lansing during a post-maintenance stall test on Oct. 16, killing all three people aboard. The regular flight crew, not experienced test pilots, were conducting the ...

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 conducting stall checks experienced a loss ...

Washington (CNN) — The pilots in a deadly business jet crash in Michigan were performing a test flight themselves, following repairs, instead of waiting for a test pilot, when the aircraft plunged ...

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 ...

At around 5:08 p.m. Oct. 16, a Hawker 800XP business jet carrying two pilots and a mechanic took off from Battle Creek Executive Airport (BTL) for a post-maintenance stall test flight, as required by ...