Air Safety

A new technology from down under is vacuuming up cracks A quick head count of airworthiness directives (ADs) discloses that around one-fifth of them are directed at loss of aircraft […]

In the 18 months since Marion Blakey, head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), announced that fuel tank inerting would be required for about 3,800 Boeing and Airbus jets, nothing […]

The March crash of an Antonov AN-24 near Naryan-Mar in the Nenets autonomous region along Russia’s Arctic coast shocked witnesses and initially puzzled officials by its apparent inexplicability. After a […]

The Oct. 14, 2004, crash of a Pinnacle Airlines [PNCL] regional jet illustrates how aircrews are not adequately protected against multi-engine flameout, and better training and recovery procedures may be […]

Shades of AA crash at Cali A Qantas B737-800’s close encounter with high terrain in Australia at 5:44 a.m. on July 24, 2004, could have ended in disaster, illustrating the […]

The unfettered use of cell phones on airplanes in flight is fraught with social and technical questions, based on more than 7,700 submissions to the docket in response to a […]

The crash of a Yak-42D on May 26, 2003, can be summed up in one sentence: "Military charter hazards and the convention of nil responsibility for safety and standards." The […]

Hard landing stressed gear The landing gear on a Federal Express MD-10 that crashed in Memphis in 2003 did not break because it was weak, but because it was overstressed, […]

Canadian investigators have released a factual update of their ongoing investigation into the loss of the rudder on an Air Transat A310, which indicates that the rudder broke off while […]

Latest study points to volcanic ash threat Too many volcanoes are inadequately monitored, and timely warnings to aviators and other relevant officials of eruptions are necessary if ash clouds and […]