https://aisuresight.com/incidents/ Recent incidents where investigators or regulators cited a maintenance or inspection gap: what happened, the reported damage, the step that was missed, and where verified inspection fits. en-us Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-23-aa5a-ottawa-crankcase-sealant https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-23-aa5a-ottawa-crankcase-sealant Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Aviation Maintenance TSB Canada: an AA-5A's engine failed after LOCTITE-515 sealant was applied outside the area recommended by Lycoming during earlier engine maintenance; the aircraft hit trees short of the Ottawa runway. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-20-wedge-galvanizing-lifting-chains https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-20-wedge-galvanizing-lifting-chains Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Heavy Industry HSE: Wedge Group Galvanizing was fined £566,666 after a damaged, uninspected lifting chain failed and a nearly three-tonne beam fell into a molten zinc bath in Devon, leaving a worker with 40 percent burns. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-16-rtm-weipa-crane-motor-fall https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-16-rtm-weipa-crane-motor-fall Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Shipyards & Ports ATSB: crew had seen an engine room crane motor wobbling, but it was not inspected or logged. Months later it fell and struck a crew member. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-16-hong-kong-lift-door-frames-missing https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-16-hong-kong-lift-door-frames-missing Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Elevators & Escalators Hong Kong's EMSD found fire-resisting lift doors installed without their frames at two public estates, then found frame components missing at 338 private buildings, all with lifts from the same contractor. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-14-kherli-memu-rail-panel-derailment https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-14-kherli-memu-rail-panel-derailment Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Rail & Transit Indian Railways preliminary joint inquiry: an Eidgah-Bandikui MEMU derailed near Kherli, Rajasthan, after a wheel struck a rail panel kept at an unsafe distance from the track for replacement work. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-08-zenair-g-chzs-gascolator-screen-missing https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-08-zenair-g-chzs-gascolator-screen-missing Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Aviation Maintenance UK AAIB: a Zenair CH 601HDS lost engine power with debris throughout its fuel system and its gascolator filter screen and gasket missing; pre-flight fuel drain checks had not been done. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-08-arvia-lift-moved-during-inspection https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-08-arvia-lift-moved-during-inspection Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Elevators & Escalators MAIB: a passenger lift on the cruise ship Arvia moved while a technician was in its shaft; the MAIB found control of the lift had not been established before he entered. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-01-hanwha-aerospace-daejeon-special-inspection https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-10-01-hanwha-aerospace-daejeon-special-inspection Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Heavy Industry After an explosion killed 5 people at Hanwha Aerospace's Daejeon plant, South Korea's labor ministry found 473 safety violations, including missing safety valves and equipment not certified as explosion-proof. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-09-24-mbta-red-line-falsified-track-inspections https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-09-24-mbta-red-line-falsified-track-inspections Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Rail & Transit A former MBTA Red Line track inspector pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to falsify track inspection reports that prosecutors said were filed without the inspections being done in 2024. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-09-21-energy-transfer-repair-sleeve-records https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-09-21-energy-transfer-repair-sleeve-records Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Oil, Gas & Process PHMSA ordered Energy Transfer to keep a 16-mile section of a Michigan crude line shut and evaluate repair sleeves network-wide after a 2010 sleeve failed and its repair records could not be found. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-09-18-ns-browns-spring-switch-derailment https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-09-18-ns-browns-spring-switch-derailment Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Rail & Transit NTSB: a spring switch was adjusted twice without the work being recorded or the required tests being run. A freight train derailed there days later. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-09-17-anjeon-industry-daejeon-plant-fire https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-09-17-anjeon-industry-daejeon-plant-fire Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Heavy Industry Police in Daejeon, South Korea, believe unmanaged sludge and poorly inspected local exhaust systems let a March 2026 fire at Anjeon Industry's car parts plant spread rapidly; 14 employees died. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-09-03-boeing-747-water-ingress-mayday https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-09-03-boeing-747-water-ingress-mayday Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Aviation Maintenance UK AAIB: water entered a Boeing 747 near a door with missing sealant and knocked out two AC buses. No repeat inspection of the drip shield was required. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-09-02-go-transit-union-station-lag-screw-derailment https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-09-02-go-transit-union-station-lag-screw-derailment Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Rail & Transit Metrolinx: a GO train derailed near Toronto's Union Station where some tie plates had two lag screws instead of four, and others were broken, loose, or missing. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-08-27-scot-stuttgart-engine-room-fire https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-08-27-scot-stuttgart-engine-room-fire Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Shipyards & Ports NTSB: a fuel return line was not isolated before generator maintenance on the tanker Scot Stuttgart, though both isolation items were marked complete. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-08-24-septa-trolley-pantograph-catenary https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-08-24-septa-trolley-pantograph-catenary Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Rail & Transit NTSB: SEPTA had no formal inspection and maintenance program for its overhead catenary. A trolley's pantograph became entangled in the wires and its arms penetrated the passenger compartment. https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-08-20-grenada-railroad-sardis-track-buckle-derailment https://aisuresight.com/incidents/#2026-08-20-grenada-railroad-sardis-track-buckle-derailment Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Rail & Transit NTSB: a track buckle on a Mississippi bridge was straightened without destressing the rail, and required hot-weather inspections were not performed. A freight train derailed there 5 days later.