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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...
Have you herd? Tongue lashing follows forced landing on udder side of the Tasman
New Zealand cattle farmer Bryn Whyman was understandably concerned for the safety of his livestock when a light aircraft with only one pilot on...
The best of times
How to get the most out of your pilot’s licence
Kreisha Ballantyne makes the case for making every flying hour one to remember.
Allow me...
