Air Safety

Aviation may be the only mode of transportation where frozen water can lead to a fireball. The case at hand involves the Nov. 28 crash on takeoff at Montrose, Colo., […]

The root cause of more than half of aviation accidents can be traced to design deficiencies, according to a new study by the Eurocontrol Experimental Center in France. The study […]

‘To make an intractable problem go away – redefine it.’ – Anonymous The plan to provide a stable vision of progress toward a higher level of safety is itself unstable, […]

It took a less than 70 hours of chafing for a hole to be breached in the fuel line, but only about 13 minutes for the computer systems to lead […]

"The sensitivity of the system is critical and needs to be addressed." Safety Board Member Debbie Hersman Modifications are needed to nearly 500 Airbus A300-600 and A310 aircraft in order […]

Airbus disagrees sharply over cause of Flight 587 crash The outcome of a bitterly contested investigation into a crash that occurred 10 years ago should guide the probable cause of […]

While there is no question that Air Sunshine was responsible for the maintenance of its aircraft, since the work was done "in house," operators who have their maintenance performed by […]

A backlogged safety recommendation is less likely to be resolved satisfactorily than one that is settled routinely, according to an ASW analysis of about three dozen cases in which National […]

Equipping airliners with defensive systems against terrorist surface-to-air missile attacks may be the one of the least efficient ways to spend aviation security dollars, according to a RAND Corp. study. […]

Earlier breeding > more young birds > more strikes with aircraft BALTIMORE, Md. – Global warming may be involved in the explosive growth of certain bird populations, placing new pressure […]