Air Safety

Crew followed green taxiway centerline lights for night takeoff in wrong direction The nighttime takeoff on a taxiway of a China Airlines (CAL) jet with 252 passengers and crew shows […]

Aviation industry lags rail, maritime sectors in use of video recordings The cameras are coming. In the not-too-distant future transport category aircraft might well be equipped with closed circuit television […]

Failure to consider that airliners might be seized and crashed deemed ‘fatuous’ Senior U.S. government officials have told an independent commission that prior to Sept. 11, 2001, they never conceived […]

Overweight and tail heavy airplane was ‘legal’ for takeoff The fatal Jan. 8 crash of Air Midwest [AMI] Flight 5481 on takeoff at Charlotte, N.C., illustrates the danger of operating […]

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. – Senior safety officials at United Airlines [UAL] will be meeting at the carrier’s world headquarters here later this month to assess how they might strengthen […]

"Most Wanted" list of safety improvements to be part of overall examination Safety advocacy programs will be intensely reviewed for their effectiveness, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced last […]

Cost of new wire inspections may limit them to voluntary compliance The way forward on aircraft wiring safety is at a critical juncture with enormous implications for manufacturers and operators […]

Bankrupt carriers get ‘special emphasis’ by aviation safety inspectors Federal oversight of safety is to be increased at financially distressed carriers. The watchwords for those carriers operating at the edge […]

Repairs can cover and conceal evidence of structural weakening Fatigue damage under patches known as doublers can be deadly, and an expanded hunt must be mounted to find spreading cracks […]

Cathay Pacific announces program to assure customers of cabin safety When passengers perceive the cabin of an airliner as an incubator of deadly disease, they won’t fly. The drop-off in […]