Mbalamezi zinabweretsedwa patsogolo pa anthu pa January 15, 2009, pamene US Airways Flight 1549 anafika ku Hudson River ku New York atagwidwa ndi gulu la atsekwe ku Canada atachoka ku LaGuardia Airport.
Nyuzipepala ya North America yachithando ikupitirizabe kukula, ikuwonekera pafupi ndi madambo kunja kwa mipanda ya ndege, malinga ndi Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Pakati pa 1990 ndi 2015, ku United States, kuphatikizapo zisanu ndi ziwiri mu 2015, panachitika nkhondo 130 zomwe zimagwera mazira a chipale chofewa ndi ndege. Zigawo pafupifupi 85 peresenti panthawi ya kukwera komanso kuthawa kwazitali kuposa mamita 500 ndi 75 peresenti usiku. A
Padziko lonse, ziwonongeko zakutchire zapha anthu oposa 262 ndipo zinapha ndege zoposa 247 kuyambira 1988. Chiwerengero cha ndege za ku America zomwe zakhala zikugunda zidawonjezeka kuchokera ku 334 mu 1990 kufika ku 674 mu chaka cha 2015. Mabwalo okwera 674 omwe anachitika mu 2015 anali a Malo okwana 404 oyendetsa ndege .
Kafukufuku akuchitidwa ndi FAA ndi USDA kuti apange njira ndi matekinoloje, kuphatikizapo zida za ndege ndi ndege zowunikira, kuti athetse mbalamezi. Nkhwangwa ndi mbalame pakati pa mbalame ndi ndege, ndi atsekwe ndi ziphuphu pakati pa zomwe zimawononga chifukwa cha kulemera kwake.
Mbalamezi zimawopseza kuti anthu ndi okwera ndege azikhala otetezeka chifukwa akhoza kuwononga kwambiri ndege mu nthawi yaying'ono ndipo nthawi zina kusowa kwa nthawi yobwezeretsa kukhoza kuvulaza kapena kupha. Nthawi zambiri zimapezeka panthawi yomwe amachoka kapena kutsetsereka, kapena pamtunda wotsika kwambiri, pamene ndege ingakhale ikugawana malo omwewo ngati mbalame.
Kuchotsa kungakhale koopsa makamaka, kupatsidwa msinkhu wopita komanso kukwera kwa msinkhu. Ngati mbalame imagwidwa ndi injini panthawi yomwe imachotsedwa, ikhoza kuwonetsa momwe injini ikugwiritsire ntchito, monga momwe tawonetsera mu US Airways Flight 1549. Kawirikawiri, mphuno, injini kapena gawo lomaliza la mapiko a ndege ndi malo omwe amakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi mbalame ikugunda.
Kodi ndege zitha kuchita chiyani kuti zithetse vuto la mbalame? Ndege zili ndi njira zomwe zimadziwika kuti mbalame kapena kayendedwe ka mbalame. Madera ozungulira aerodrome amapangidwa ngati osatheka kwa mbalame. Komanso, zipangizo zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kuwopseza mbalame - kumveka, kuyatsa, nyama zowononga, ndi agalu ndi zitsanzo zingapo.