Inside the tech that makes ‘near‑miss’ air collisions almost impossible
Sophisticated systems keep planes in bubbles of safety.
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Short‑haul flight ban is a good start – now we need to reimagine the modern airport
Banning short-haul flights should be just the first step on the path to greener transport systems.
How to get help or your money back after travel disruptions – experts explain
Passengers are often aware that they have legal rights around travel disruption but are not confident about what exactly these rights are.
The Greenpeace executive’s commute is a flight of fantasy
A rich western businessman sips champagne as he cruises at 35,000ft and looks down at an archipelago below populated with subsistence fishers. In a few years these coastal communities will be washed away…
Flying cars: automating the skies means playing with our lives
Putting driverless cars on the road safely is hard enough. Doing it in the air is much more difficult.
Heathrow 2.0: a ‘sustainable airport’ that pretends no one has to choose between planes and pollution
Those backing Heathrow’s proposed new runway want to depoliticise the issue entirely. But hard choices are inevitable.
Iran plane crash: here is what happens during an air disaster investigation
Crash investigators never give black boxes to aircraft makers but involve them in the process.
The path to net zero. Climate Fight podcast part 2 transcript
This is a transcript of part 2 of Climate Fight: the world’s biggest negotiation, a series from The Anthill podcast.
Aviation turbulence soared by up to 55% as the world warmed – new research
Turbulence strong enough to pose an injury risk could be set to double or triple in frequency in the future.
Coronavirus lockdowns cut global carbon emissions by an estimated 7% – what happens now?
A transcript of episode 7 of The Conversation Weekly pocast, including an extra from Don’t Call Me Resilient on the treatment of migrant workers in Canada.
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