Air Safety

Who’s Got What Aboard Your Plane? Like it or not, the quickest way to catch a deadly disease or infection is to be admitted to hospital. That’s a statistical fact. […]

The Unsporting Hazards Of Airshow Performing The April 30 issue of Air Safety Week examined a few reasons why Blue Angel No6 might have crashed. One was pulling high sustained […]

The Search For A Reliable ELT Replacement When Kenya Airways Flt KQ507 went down shortly after takeoff from Douala Cameroon, the search started 250 kms away. Even though Douala ATC […]

The Mind-numbing Distraction of Cascading Aural Warnings When Kenya Airways Flight 507 went missing in the early morning of Saturday, May 5, a search was initially mounted 250 kilometers (156 […]

In an unfortunate confluence of events, the FAA has just issued an ironic NPRM. Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH Model DA 42 airplanes have wing stub safety walkways with a drag […]

The Facts Behind The Blue Angels Air Show Crash Blue Angel #6 crashed about 4:00 p.m. on April 21, three miles from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina. […]

Lessons From A Boeing 777 Main Electrical Load Center Fire On Feb 26, at 1,000 hrs local, a United Airlines 777-222 N768UA pushed back with its APU running and started […]

The Wider Repercussions Of A Daring Air Raid This publication previously reported how the Tamil Tiger Air Wing terrorist group launched a completely unexpected air raid on Bandanaraike International Airport, […]

The Often Fatal Consequences Of Improperly Handled Aircraft Switches In aviation, pilots are faced with a myriad of switches. If in the wrong position, these switches can kill. Let’s examine […]

Terror Tactics Take A New Turn When terrorists flew airliners into the World Trade Center, it would be fair to say the element of surprise had been fully exploited. Only […]