Air Safety

Shuttle Columbia inquiry offers sobering grist for aviation safety at large The investigation into the Shuttle Columbia tragedy may have dealt with a space ship, but the findings in the […]

Stronger call for fuel tank inerting could pit safety board against regulators Aviation issues head the National Transportation Safety Board‘s (NTSB) list of "Most Wanted" safety improvements. The safety board […]

Hundreds of aircraft could be retrofitted in 28 months from ‘go’ order The missile threat to commercial airliners burst into public view last week, with the arrest of three illegal […]

Missing retention bolt in elevator actuator mechanism led to crash of Emery jet For want of proper maintenance, the retaining bolt was improperly installed. For want of the bolt, the […]

Superficial maintenance failed to fix flaw in attitude instrument Inadequate airmanship combined with inadequate maintenance led to the fatal crash of a Korean Air Lines (KAL) freighter shortly after takeoff […]

Security benefit could propel passage of safety legislation Legislation introduced in Congress last week represents a convergence of concern over safety and security. The bill proposes to require upgrading flight […]

Airlines engaged in outsourcing maintenance are advised to practice self-defense and ensure that their on-site quality-control people are keeping a sharp lookout. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors are spread too […]

An extra step is being taken by U.S. government officials to assure that everyone in the airline industry appreciates the scope of mandated aircraft wiring inspections to come. The locomotive […]

Most of the bodies of the people who were sitting in the back of China Airlines (CAL) Flight CI-611 were found naked, a telling indicator of the tremendous stripping forces […]

An educational institution learns about safety the hard way The 2001 crash of a twin-turboprop carrying the Oklahoma State University (OSU) basketball team illustrates how a potpourri of latent hazards […]