Stories Collection

  1. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  2. A fire on two pallets containing 120,000 lithium batteries prompted the National Tran...
  3. An excellent recent essay about the physiology of high-altitude flight raises a scena...
  4. Initial reports of the radar plots of Egyptair Flight 990 indicate that the Boeing [B...
  5. Shots from the media, such as an editorial in the Washington Post questioning the com...
  6. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was the target of a Nov. 6 guest editorial ...
  7. Panama Test Showed 140 degrees F temperature The need to keep the fuel cooler in th...
  8. The Oct. 26 crash of a Lear 35 twinjet carrying golfing professional Payne Stewart ha...
  9. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  10. A highly automated cockpit can lull aircrews into a false sense of security, leaving ...
  11. DATE & SITE: 10/1 - Oswego, Ill. AIRCRAFT & REGISTRATION: Beech D-45 N5367G C...
  12. A malfunctioning thrust reverser does not appear to be the proximate cause of the Egy...
  13. "The report contains a wealth of things not to do." -- John Goglia, Member, U.S. Na...
  14. A comparison of its features to that of a competitor in the event of cabin depressuri...
  15. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  16. Meanwhile, Bombardier, parent company of Learjet, offered a number of points to illus...
  17. DATE & SITE: 9/25 - Conroe, Texas AIRCRAFT & REGISTRATION: Franklin Space Walker ...
  18. The emergency evacuation of an Airbus A300 at San Juan International Airport in July,...
  19. Actually, the operative term employed by Metatech, an electronics firm in Albuquerque...
  20. "A spastic thrust reverser duct taped onto the airplane" was the irreverent descripti...
  21. More than 20,000 additional pounds of the remains of the Swissair Flight 111 MD-11 ha...
  22. "Chronic fatigue continues to plague long-range pilots more than two years after the ...
  23. The revelation that Boeing [BA] failed to provide a 19-year old internal study about ...
  24. In addition to the embarrassment over the 19-year old fuel tank report, and the horri...
  25. The 1983 crash of a Learjet cited in last week's issue was a Lear 25, not 35. The typ...
  26. Meanwhile, German authorities (the Bundesstelle fur Flugunfalluntersuching, or BFU) a...
  27. REDMOND, Washington - A remedy is under development for the one piece of information ...
  28. The industry has 90 days to comment on a proposal from the Federal Aviation Administr...
  29. By Capt. Ken Adams (Editor's note: Capt. Adams has been a safety volunteer with the...
  30. Remarks delivered October 28 at the "Avionics 99" Conference, Bellevue, Wash. By La...
  31. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  32. DATE & SITE: 9/14 - Delta Junction, Alaska AIRCRAFT & REGISTRATION: Cessna 185 ...
  33. Some form of ground-based navigation aids will be maintained indefinitely. That's the...
  34. In a recent tour of its facilities in Redmond, Washington, where AlliedSignal Corp. [...
  35. After a Cessna 525 CitationJet and a Cessna 172 Skyhawk collided over Marietta, Georg...
  36. Hydrochloric acid leaking out of a shipment labeled electronic equipment slightly inj...
  37. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R, Wis.), chairman of the House Science Committee, has...
  38. Full-face, one-piece oxygen breathing masks and goggles are being purchased by Delta ...
  39. This the hypothetical question is the title of a commentary by Walter Shawlee in a re...
  40. The final or "sunshine" hearing on the National Transportation Safety Board's investi...
  41. The Royal Institute of Navigation, and the International Loran Association host a con...
  42. "...the Safety Board's findings are seriously flawed and erroneous." - -ATR Petition ...
  43. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  44. DATE & SITE: 6/30 [thorn]en route from Japan to Manila, Philippines AIRCRAFT & REGIS...
  45. The twin-engine Piper Navaho Chieftain that slammed into Mauna Loa volcano on the big...
  46. The Sept. 14 in-flight upset over Rumania of a Greek government Dassault Falcon 900 t...
  47. Contaminated cabin air can be hazardous to cabin and cockpit crew, not to mention pas...
  48. At its annual meeting earlier this month in Detroit, Mich., the National Air Disaster...
  49. Five years ago at the end of this month a French-built ATR 72 twin-turboprop operated...
  50. Emergency evacuation trials based on computer simulations can be permitted to certify...
  51. U.S. AIR CARRIER INCIDENTS OR ACCIDENTS, OR OTHER ACCIDENTS INVOLVING SERIOUS OR FATA...
  52. The report of a near mid-air collision between a cargo jet and an airliner could not ...
  53. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  54. In his Sept. 30 speech accepting the Glen Gilbert award at the Air Traffic Control As...
  55. A team of inspectors has conducted the first "intrusive" inspection of an older aircr...
  56. The trend is toward fewer deaths per crash overseas, and more deaths per crash in the...
  57. During his presentation, Smith observed that circuit breakers in an aircraft feature ...
  58. One of the concerns raised at last week's ATSRAC meeting involved minutes from the pr...
  59. On Sept. 28 a Delta Air Lines [DAL] B737 at 31,000 ft. on a flight from Washington, D...
  60. Mark Brown of GRC International Inc. has produced a vivid graphic to back up his asse...
  61. The U.S. airline industry may be significantly more ready for the millenium than fore...
  62. There is now ample documentation that three of the four military services in the U.S....
  63. Although we cannot independently corroborate this assertion, the source appears credi...
  64. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  65. U.S. AIR CARRIER INCIDENTS OR ACCIDENTS, OR OTHER ACCIDENTS INVOLVING SERIOUS OR FATA...
  66. By Martin Aubury, RAE Ten years ago when United Airlines [UAL] Flight 811 took off ...
  67. Interested parties have two weeks left to be heard. The Federal Aviation Administrati...
  68. Three fires occurred over a 2-year period involving Chineseregistered MD-11 and 737-3...
  69. More than a year after Swissair Flight 111 crashed and some three months after action...
  70. Medical kits and medical training are about to undergo a massive enhancement for the ...
  71. "There appears to be a near linear relationship between aircraft age and the degradat...
  72. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  73. Editor's note: The following briefs relate to the FAA/DOD/NASA conference on aging ai...
  74. A rigid insulating foam found on the outside of spacecraft could offer a marked impro...
  75. Meanwhile, American Airlines [AMR] intends to reduce its flight schedule the evening ...
  76. A new checklist is needed for coping with in-flight smoke and fires along the lines h...
  77. Traffic Collision and Avoidance Technology (TCAS) should be put on all aircraft weigh...
  78. Aircraft wiring is taking on an importance equal to that devoted for some years now t...
  79. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  80. "It is clear that witnesses have not reached a consensus" on the best rules for deali...
  81. A one-hour documentary, "When Airplanes Crash," will air Thursday, Sept. 23 on the Di...
  82. In a recent paper assessing the control limits of Airbus A330 and Boeing B777 fly-by-...
  83. A new agreement on sharing emergency-response expenses represents a "mindset change" ...
  84. After the Federal Aviation Administration announced its new radiant heat and propane ...
  85. Three Japanese carriers announced last week that they are Y2K compliant and ready for...
  86. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Oversight has scheduled a...
  87. What about that scavenge pump? This is the question a number of individuals closely f...
  88. The media has been taking hits recently for its shallow, sensationalist, error-prone ...
  89. Here's a report from one pilot that is worth noting. Situation: a recent Trans-Atlant...
  90. Oral arguments were presented last Wednesday in the US Court of Appeals regarding the...
  91. The General Accounting Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, has been task...
  92. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  93. This scenario may represent a pilot's nightmare: on final approach, just 200 feet fro...
  94. DATE & SITE: 8/7 - Astoria, Ore. AIRCRAFT & REGISTRATION: Schweizer 269C Helicopt...
  95. Special Review Finds Oversight Lacking in Supplemental Type Certificate Process Sat...
  96. Smoke in the cockpit Sept. 2 caused the crew of an AirTran DC-9 (flight 359) to make ...
  97. CHICAGO - The potential for maintenance mishaps to cause crashes is the new frontier ...
  98. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  99. * Six times and hopefully not counting. With the fatal Aug. 31 crash of a Lineas Aere...
  100. As airlines send more of their heavy maintenance work to contract repair stations, it...
  101. New tools are being deployed next month in what is turning out to be a frustrating ca...
  102. DATE & SITE: 8/5 - Grayslake, Ill. AIRCRAFT & REGISTRATION: Piper PA-28R-200 N5...
  103. Open for business. Following the Aug. 22 crash of a China Airlines MD-11 during a typ...
  104. Investigators of the Aug. 22 China Airlines crash are likely to focus on the crew's d...
  105. The crash of Swissair Flight 111 a year ago this week did not so much raise new issue...
  106. An angle of attack indicator is needed in the cockpit of every airplane, according to...
  107. "Aircraft operating above their maximum take-off weight was frequently mentioned" -- ...
  108. Safety issues raised by respondents, ranked in order of decreasing frequency: * Com...
  109. Luck is not an acceptable means of achieving a good safety record; especially if safe...
  110. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  111. A question of timing. The urgent recommendations issued Aug. 11 by the Transportation...
  112. Examples of accidents/incidents where language was a factor * 1995, Colombia: 155 d...
  113. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  114. * Rationale for the test. The metalized Mylar burned, and significantly more so than ...
  115. The US response to an urgent Canadian safety recommendation is a four-year program th...
  116. "The 'pull reflex' can be a fatal instinct." Don Wylie, president, Texas Air Aces Inc...
  117. (The 15 cases cited over the last 7 years may not cover all events) * Feb. 1993: B7...
  118. The potential for too-distant a relationship between government authorities and the i...
  119. (Note: There were 29 in all) * Evidence received of airliners arriving at Heathrow ...
  120. A request to extend the diversion time from 180 to 207 minutes for twin-jets in the e...
  121. The adequacy of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) weather reporting could come un...
  122. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  123. * Standardizing safety. The growing use of marketing partnerships among domestic and ...
  124. The aircrew fatigue issue has been raised to a level of visibility where Congress is ...
  125. The sometimes insidious effect of in-flight icing is under broad attack. The efforts ...
  126. On a July 26 flight from the Caribbean to London's Gatwick Airport, the cockpit of a ...
  127. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  128. A high-profile program to prevent aircraft from coming too close to one another, and ...
  129. Editor's note: The following short takes are from ALPA's safety conference last week:...
  130. The death of a martyred president's only son seems sure to result in a squinty eye be...
  131. "We have reached a point in our system where if it's legal it must be safe." -- Ski...
  132. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  133. On the eve of the third anniversary of the fuel tank explosion that destroyed TWA Fli...
  134. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  135. * Sad coincidence. Shortly after we published statistics showing the risk of glider f...
  136. Passengers pay their money and take their chances, depending upon the size of airplan...
  137. Operators of airliners more than 20 years old are facing potentially three waves of i...
  138. Taking a flight on a regularly scheduled transport is substantially safer than taking...
  139. The umbrella of safety oversight is tattered, according to two recent reports that co...
  140. Had the fire erupted halfway through the night flight from Honolulu, instead of just ...
  141. Aviation Safety Reporting System Subject: L-1011 cockpit electrical fire (Editor'...
  142. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  143. * Getting religion. A front page story in the July 7th Wall Street Journal served up ...
  144. OTTAWA - Canadian investigators are about to embark on what may well be an unpreceden...
  145. The decision whether or not to expand engine-out diversion times to 207 minutes now r...
  146. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  147. * New emergency procedure. In the wake of the Swissair Flight 111 tragedy, more pilot...
  148. Pilots faced with the uncertainty of a raging inflight electrical fire may have to im...
  149. Bulletin No. MD-11-99-04 Applicable to: All MD-11 Aircraft 1 June 1999 Subject:...
  150. A device like a rolling window shade fitted to overhead bins would prevent injuries f...
  151. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  152. * High price of "no thanks." Papua New Guinea regional carrier Airlink has lost two a...
  153. A recent court decision illustrates the difficulty families of air crash victims ofte...
  154. A new liability convention potentially could create a new distribution in the cost of...
  155. A proposal to extend the time twin-engine aircraft can fly to a diversionary airfield...
  156. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  157. * No freelancing. After American Airlines [AMR] held a press conference the morning f...
  158. The power of man's capacity for intelligent improvisation is not to be underestimated...
  159. Like the silence between the time the house lights flash and the curtain rises, the a...
  160. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  161. * Exonerated. No cover-up, no lying, no foul. This is the judgement of the Department...
  162. Although smoke from a smoldering electrical fire was filling the DC-9's cockpit, at f...
  163. * The word on windshear. The definitive work on the hazards of thunderstorm winds, we...
  164. The amount of interference to aircraft systems from portable electronic devices carri...
  165. In the end, Capt. Richard Buschmann's decision to land while his airplane was being d...
  166. Less than 12 hours after the crash of Flight 1420, American Airlines [AMR] officials ...
  167. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  168. The 1997 crash of a regional jet in Canada triggered an examination of issues that ha...