The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has just released an updated roadmap to tackle key aviation safety risks. Released in a document known as the European Aviation Safety Plan (EASp), 86 key safety actions to tackle operational, systemic and emerging aviation safety issues are identified for implementation until 2016.   The EASp creates a c...

Code-named "Kunpeng" and mainly developed by the Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Company Ltd., the Y-20 transport aircraft has strong taking-off and landing capability as evidenced by being able to take off and land at airstrips, and can carry all types of armored vehicles of the army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA).   ...

OTTAWA, Jan. 23, 2013 /CNW/ - The Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA)-the world's largest nongovernmental aviation safety organization-issued the following response to CBC TV's program "Power & Politics with Evan Solomon" that aired on 22 January.   "Safety Management Systems (SMS) are a valuable tool to enhance safety in av...

1:31 p.m. CST, January 23, 2013 A key U.S. Senate committee will hold a hearing in coming weeks to examine U.S. aviation safety oversight and the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to allow Boeing Co. to use highly flammable lithium-ion batteries on board its new 787 Dreamliner, a congressional aide said. Meanwhile, the top U.S. transportation of...

European air navigation safety agency Eurocontrol has issued its European Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Excursions.   According to ICAO, runway excursions are a persistent problem and their numbers have not decreased in more than 20 years. The Flight Safety Foundation have said that runway excursions are the most common type of aviation...

BRUSSELS — Pilots and cabin crew on Tuesday staged demonstrations in several European airports against planned EU legislation they say could force them to fly excessive hours and threaten the safety of passengers, but critics accused them of scaremongering. Protesters handed over petitions to authorities in Britain and staged actions at airports in ...

Bart Jansen, USA TODAY 9:28p.m. EST January 14, 2013 It's akin to not texting while driving, airline safety expert and former pilot John Cox says. WASHINGTON -- The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to prohibit pilots from using personal wireless devices in the cockpit, although iPads or laptops that pilots use for work would still be allowed....

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. - A United Airlines 737 was damaged after strong winds moved the nose of the plane into a fuel tanker at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport early Sunday morning.   A spokesperson from the NFTA tells 2 on Your Side that no passengers or airline staff were on board when the plane struck the fuel tanker at 4:15 a.m.  A w...

MIAMI January 18, 2013 (AP) - Authorities say a commercial airliner clipped another on the ground near a gate at Miami International Airport, but no one was injured among hundreds aboard the two aircraft.   Airport spokesman Marc Henderson told The Miami Herald both planes were damaged, one on the wingtip and the other on the tail section.   ...

Located in the capital's south, the airport will open in 2018 with six commercial runways      The much-needed new airport will help service the expected 500 million trips taken by passengers in 2015..   (CNN) China's State Council has approved plans for a much-needed new airport in Beijing, official Chinese media reported this wee...