AMSTERDAM, December 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --   The CEO of Air Asia assures us that: "We will not leave any stone unturned to make sure the industry learns from this tragic incident." Although the Air Asia CEO comments are undoubtedly genuine, the fact is that ...

The combination of a mechanical fault and pilot miscommunication that lay behind the crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 last December represents the worst of two worlds in aviation: technical failure and human error. The investigative rep...

  Pilots to undergo more frequent training following crash that killed 162 people last year   Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee Chief Investigator Marjono Siswosuwarno holds up a model plane as he explains...

  Goal is to raise safety bar while fixing 'a broken pipeline' that is already producing too few acceptable applicants   Delta Airlines and Delta Connection passenger aircraft taxi and take off at New York's LaGuardia Airport...

 U.S. agency's proposal affects Boeing 737, Embraer 170 and 190   On Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration will propose mandatory inspections of certain 737s and Embraer SA 170 and 190 regional jets.  ...

    MEXICO CITY (AP) - A landing gear on a Boeing 737 of the Mexican airline Magnicharters partially collapsed as the plane landed at Mexico City's international airport Thursday evening, but no one was injured, authorities ...

 The FAA is warning pilots that they may be missing important sounds, including cockpit warnings that aren't transmitted over the intercom system, when wearing noise-canceling headsets. In a special airworthiness information bulletin...

WHEN IT'S JUST YOU AND YOUR CRAFT AT 5,000 FEET, WHAT MATTERS MOST IS EXPERIENCE. BY KIM GREEN   The day I passed the flight test and earned my private pilot's license more than 20 years ago, I was a safe and compete...

  A Southwest Airlines flight from Indianapolis to Los Angeles was diverted to Kansas City on Sunday morning because of suspicious behavior by some passengers, according to Kansas City airport officials. "We are characterizing (the behavior) ...

  Despite the threat of hefty punishment, laser pointers remain cheap and offenders are rarely caught. People increasingly are pointing lasers at aircraft, despite hefty fines and prison sentences for those who are caught. On one ...