Safety

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

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Multinational aircraft icing story under way

Researchers from the U.S., Canada, Britain and France are participating in a major aircraft icing study taking place this winter primarily in the Montreal

Safety

January 29, 2007

Recent spate of accidents reinforces importance of following procedures

Why, when the safety record of professionally flown turbine twins is so impressive, did four business aircraft experience fatal accidents during a five-wee

Safety

January 29, 2007

MedAire expanding beyond medical expertise for travelers

Flight nurse Joan Sullivan Garrett never envisioned herself as an entrepreneur and certainly never as the head of a multi-million-dollar company with globa

Safety

January 26, 2007

Papua New Guinea court convicts crew for illegal landing

A court in Papua New Guinea (PNG) convicted Australian pilots Andrew Reid and Peter McGee of making an illegal landing in a Cessna Citation II at the disus

Safety

January 26, 2007

Videos

FAA grounds Mentor fleet after latest wing failure

A Raytheon Beech T-34 Mentor crashed on December 7 when the left wing snapped off about four inches inboard of the root attach point.

Safety

January 26, 2007

Safety Record Mixed Last Year

U.S.-registered turbine business aircraft accident numbers were mixed last year, according to aviation safety analyst Robert E.

Safety

January 25, 2007

College Guidelines Recommend Against Charter

In response to a four-year old NTSB safety recommendation stemming from the Jan.

Charter & Fractional

January 25, 2007

MedAire Seeks To Block Competitor Takeover

Facing a major challenge for control of the company, Phoenix-based health and security assistance provider MedAire has rejected a demand from “certain shar

Safety

January 16, 2007

Wake of Airbus A380 Might Mean More Spacing

The horizontal wake-turbulence avoidance distance currently required when a lighter aircraft is behind a heavier aircraft might have to be doubled when fly

ATC

January 16, 2007

AD Followed PenAir and Other Icing Accidents

In its determination of the probable cause of the PenAir Caravan crash, the Safety Board also said that a factor contributing to the accident “was the lack

Safety

January 16, 2007

Business Jet Fatalities Decreased in 2005

Last year the U.S.

Safety

January 11, 2007

Canada Mirrors NTSB on Caravan Recommendations

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has made recommendations in line with the growing concern from the FAA and NTSB about the safety of Cessna 208 Caravan

Safety

January 10, 2007

NTSB Wants All EMS Operations Under Part 135

At a public hearing yesterday, the NTSB singled out Part 91 operations in a special study on helicopter and fixed-wing EMS accidents.

Safety

January 10, 2007

NTSB Wants No Credit Given To Reverser-use

The NTSB has sent an “urgent safety recommendation” asking the FAA to prohibit airlines from using credit for the use of thrust reversers when calculating

Safety

January 9, 2007

Bizav Fatalities Continue Downward Trend

The first quarter of this year continued the downward trend in fatalities from turbine business aircraft accidents.

Safety

January 8, 2007

GA, Airline Accidents Increase; Air Taxis Decrease

The NTSB Friday released preliminary statistics for last year showing an increase in aviation accidents for airline and general aviation operations, and a

Safety

January 8, 2007

Better Aviation English Goal of FAA Program

A new FAA program is intended to improve the use of comprehensible English as the international language of aviation and support new English language profi

Safety

January 8, 2007

Pilots concerned about MU-2 NPRM

Although the FAA allowed only 30 days for comments on the proposed Special FAR mandating Mitsubishi MU-2 pilot training, 72 comments were submitted to the

Safety

December 22, 2006

Big-iron pilots flood corporate market

Pilots of large-cabin jets who work as independent contractors complain that former airline pilots and young pilots willing to work for much less are under

Safety

December 21, 2006

ASRS Reports Can Be Filed Electronically

NASA disclosed last month that flight crew, ground crew, air traffic controllers and others involved in aviation operations can now securely submit electro

Safety

December 21, 2006

Safety

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

Latest

Multinational aircraft icing story under way

Researchers from the U.S., Canada, Britain and France are participating in a major aircraft icing study taking place this winter primarily in the Montreal

Recent spate of accidents reinforces importance of following procedures

Why, when the safety record of professionally flown turbine twins is so impressive, did four business aircraft experience fatal accidents during a five-wee

MedAire expanding beyond medical expertise for travelers

Flight nurse Joan Sullivan Garrett never envisioned herself as an entrepreneur and certainly never as the head of a multi-million-dollar company with globa

Papua New Guinea court convicts crew for illegal landing

A court in Papua New Guinea (PNG) convicted Australian pilots Andrew Reid and Peter McGee of making an illegal landing in a Cessna Citation II at the disus

Videos

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FAA grounds Mentor fleet after latest wing failure

A Raytheon Beech T-34 Mentor crashed on December 7 when the left wing snapped off about four inches inboard of the root attach point.

Safety Record Mixed Last Year

U.S.-registered turbine business aircraft accident numbers were mixed last year, according to aviation safety analyst Robert E.

College Guidelines Recommend Against Charter

In response to a four-year old NTSB safety recommendation stemming from the Jan.

MedAire Seeks To Block Competitor Takeover

Facing a major challenge for control of the company, Phoenix-based health and security assistance provider MedAire has rejected a demand from “certain shar

Wake of Airbus A380 Might Mean More Spacing

The horizontal wake-turbulence avoidance distance currently required when a lighter aircraft is behind a heavier aircraft might have to be doubled when fly

AD Followed PenAir and Other Icing Accidents

In its determination of the probable cause of the PenAir Caravan crash, the Safety Board also said that a factor contributing to the accident “was the lack

Business Jet Fatalities Decreased in 2005

Last year the U.S.

Canada Mirrors NTSB on Caravan Recommendations

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has made recommendations in line with the growing concern from the FAA and NTSB about the safety of Cessna 208 Caravan

NTSB Wants All EMS Operations Under Part 135

At a public hearing yesterday, the NTSB singled out Part 91 operations in a special study on helicopter and fixed-wing EMS accidents.

NTSB Wants No Credit Given To Reverser-use

The NTSB has sent an “urgent safety recommendation” asking the FAA to prohibit airlines from using credit for the use of thrust reversers when calculating

Bizav Fatalities Continue Downward Trend

The first quarter of this year continued the downward trend in fatalities from turbine business aircraft accidents.

GA, Airline Accidents Increase; Air Taxis Decrease

The NTSB Friday released preliminary statistics for last year showing an increase in aviation accidents for airline and general aviation operations, and a

Better Aviation English Goal of FAA Program

A new FAA program is intended to improve the use of comprehensible English as the international language of aviation and support new English language profi

Pilots concerned about MU-2 NPRM

Although the FAA allowed only 30 days for comments on the proposed Special FAR mandating Mitsubishi MU-2 pilot training, 72 comments were submitted to the

Big-iron pilots flood corporate market

Pilots of large-cabin jets who work as independent contractors complain that former airline pilots and young pilots willing to work for much less are under

ASRS Reports Can Be Filed Electronically

NASA disclosed last month that flight crew, ground crew, air traffic controllers and others involved in aviation operations can now securely submit electro

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