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Investigator seeks lessons from chaotic near disaster
US National Transportation Safety Board Chairman, Robert Sumwalt, has issued some blunt advice to airline passengers: do as the cabin crew says.
The NTSB chairman...
Drone hotspots
Contributor and licensed remote pilot Craig Newlyn tracks down some places where drones and manned aircraft need to take particular care
Drones are everywhere and...
Don’t let your luggage take you for a ride
Several airlines have this week joined Qantas, Virgin Australia and other carriers in banning so-called smart luggage with non-removable lithium batteries.
Smart luggage with batteries...
International accidents 12 September to 17 November 2017
Date: 12 September
Aircraft: Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia
Description: The aircraft was stationary on a ramp at the airport and was struck by a bus. The pilot and two crewmembers...
Goodbye Jumbo: the legacy of the Boeing 747
It’s still being made, but becoming a rare sight on the massive Boeing production line in Everett, Washington state, US, as its near 50-year...
App promises smarter clearances
Fumbling with a pencil and paper to write down IFR clearances in a general aviation cockpit could eventually become a thing of the past,...
Government officials hack airliner
A team of government, industry and academic officials has demonstrated remote hacking of a commercial aircraft, a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official...
Luck of the bounce
Adrian Park looks at how the holes in an imaginary slice of Swiss cheese were lining up for a tired, but experienced, crew flying...
Skyhacked
In an interconnected world how vulnerable is aviation to cyber threat?
1. The turbulent cybersphere
If you think the sky is a dangerous place, how about...
Brief weight for flying Finns
Finnair has been asking passengers to step on scales at Helsinki Airport so that it can better estimate its aircraft weight loadings and how...
