Air Safety

The Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS) says that a new federal audit confirms its fears that the Federal Aviation Administration‘s (FAA) mishandled efforts so far to merge various air traffic […]

Although unmanned aircraft (UA) are still largely confined to experimental uses in unpopulated areas of the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is preparing for the day when UA […]

While the Federal Aviation Administration‘s (FAA) April 18 proposal to mitigate widespread fatigue damage (WFD) in aging transport aircraft through operational limits is intended to make the aviation industry more […]

Hong Kong Int’l Airport (HKG) may be the first major airport in the world using an advanced form of radar technology to alert controllers and pilots to potentially dangerous windshears. […]

Federal officials’ preparations for a new rulemaking on airport deicing is bound to take some aviation officials by surprise. On April 7, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent a rather […]

When it comes to initial signs of in-flight fire and smoke, the more pilots know and the sooner they know it, the better, experts on the subject tell Air Safety […]

A research project in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains is attempting a major leap forward in unraveling the mysteries surrounding one the biggest atmospheric hazards in modern aviation — a wind […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) insists that its decision earlier this month to lower the altitude for allowable approaches using the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) from 250 ft. to […]

Figuring out whether the addition of a European global navigation satellite system (GNSS) in the next few years will enhance worldwide aviation safety depends on whom you ask. The officials […]

Instead of having to deal with the usual imprecise weather predictions, a state-of-the-art forecasting technique can give pilots an extra hour of lead time on likely thunderstorm formation. Key to […]