Safety

The NTSB has called on the FAA to require more extensive inspections of transport-category airplanes for possible structural damage after they encounter se

Some forest fires start with a blast of jagged lightning, incinerating the dry timber and flinging the flaming fragments into the tinder-dry underbrush fro

Security comes from a combination of policy, procedure and technology–nuts and bolts.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport directors are being assigned to 450 of the busiest U.S.

Issues arising from September 11 and from the Flight Safety Foundation’s accident prevention role shared billing at the 47th annual FSF/NBAA Corporate Avia

An airborne telemedical emergency-assistance kit is an item often overlooked in the interior completion and refurbishment process, particularly on smaller

In response to requests from corporate aviation managers, the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has compiled “Waterproof Flight Operations,” the current 664-p

The fatal accident rate for business jet operations worldwide (fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours) increased annually from 1998 to 2001 before decrea

MedAire said it has become the “first in the world” ready to receive remote vital-sign medical-monitoring data from civil aircraft in flight.

New tools exist to prevent those accidents that most worry safety experts.

Each year the National Business Aviation Association recognizes member companies with superb safety records.

Though business jet accidents in the first half of the year decreased 31 percent versus the same period last year, fatal accidents were up from two to five

In 1998, the National Business Aviation Association started honoring companies that have flown 50 years or more without an accident.

Aviation by far has the highest number of outstanding safety deficiencies of any form of transportation in the U.S., according to the NTSB, which authors a

The good news about the proliferation of new high-altitude airplanes–turbocharged piston or turbine–is that they offer users the chance to experience the i

During a press conference this afternoon, soon-to-be-acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell and Vincent Capezzuto, the agency’s surveillance and broadcast

The day after the FAA held a meeting with more than 40 industry leaders to discuss runway safety, two jets–a Canadian low-cost carrier WestJet Boeing 737 a

AIN this week participated in a demonstration of new technology aimed at preventing runway incursions, where Honeywell’s airborne TCAS uni

The Alerts (aircraft logging and event recording for training and safety) system, designed jointly by Appareo Systems and Bristow Group subsidiary Air Logi

Flight operational quality assurance (FOQA) programs are finally seeing application in business aviation, and in early February the Altria flight departmen

A spokesman for the North Carolina Department of Labor said the agency would need until at least the middle of next month to finish its investigation into

The emergency-planning division of charter operator and broker Air Partner International swung into action to rescue clients from Hurricane Dean’s destruct

Six professional engineering societies jointly presented the Elmer A.

The FAA this week released a new Information for Operators dealing with risk assessment, and specifically how it relates to a safety-management system.

ARG/US is offering safety training to round out its portfolio of safety-related services.

In the first half of this year business jet accidents decreased 31 percent from the same period last year, but fatal accidents were up from two to five, ac

It seems every aviation-related publication I have read for almost a year has included an article about last September’s tragic midair in Brazil.

NBAA today unveiled some long-anticipated potential changes to GA security.

The recent commencement of low-altitude Customs and Immigration patrols by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) along the Arizona/Mexico border and the earlier

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) said in a letter to the FAA that Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) should not be mandatory.