A core tenet of aviation security is keeping threats out of the cockpit. What happens if the danger is one of the pilots?
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Israel’s prime minister said the pilot stabbed a colleague and tried to crash the plane before passengers subdued him.
Aviation marker balls don’t help with electricity flow or improve the efficiency of the power lines. But they do have a very important job.
A former airline pilot turned safety researcher explains the shocking lack of real-world testing to keep women safe in the air and on our roads.
Data analytics, putting safety out of bounds for competition, and collaboration among industry, labor and government are key to reducing a technology’s risks.
In-flight technical problems are part of flying – and the crews are extremely well prepared for them.
This tragedy reminds us that aviation safety depends on patient and thorough investigation – not media soundbites or unqualified expert commentary.
Keeping passengers safe is airlines’ highest priority. But rerouting flights to avoid conflict zones can create disruptions and increase operating costs.
Hundreds are dead after a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed into a residential building moments after takeoff.
Its actions are in keeping with Project 2025, which questions whether any public-sector unions should exist.
Waiting for your plane to get deiced may be annoying, but it’s an essential safety step in chilly conditions.
A Traffic Collision Avoidance System – or TCAS – isn’t designed to work at low altitudes.
Ash particles that get inside aircraft engines will melt and build up, causing disruption of the airflow. This could cause the engine to ‘flame out’ or stall.
Collisions between birds and planes peak at the end of the breeding season when fledglings join flocks. For these young birds, avoiding foreign objects in the flight path may be a learned behaviour.
Analysis of data from underwater microphones could help researchers discover the fate of missing flight MH370.
The American aerospace company Boeing has been synonymous with safe air travel for decades, but recent weeks have seen it plagued by a series of issues.
It remains one of the biggest aviation mysteries – the tragic disappearance of passenger flight MH370. But a new, targeted search of the seabed could still yield answers.
Takeoff and landing are among the most difficult tasks commercial pilots perform.
A tragic plane crash has claimed at least 68 lives in Nepal – the latest in a string of aviation disasters in a country grappling with improving the safety of its flight industry.
The Boeing MAX disaster has already cost the company billions of dollars and will have ripple effects on suppliers and the wider US economy, with tens of thousands of jobs at risk.
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