An investigation into the low landing approach of a Tiger Airways' plane  has found pilots used incorrect altitude information.   (AAP) AN investigation into the low landing approach of a Tiger Airways plane that contributed to the airline being grounded has found pilots used incorrect altitude information and the airline had an inconsistent ...

Montréal, Canada, 20 November 2012 - The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) signed a new agreement today, formalizing their plans to cooperatively promote and advance the sharing of aviation safety information and metrics worldwide. The new collaborative initiative supports ICAO Safety Management...

By ANDY PASZTOR   (WSJ) Federal regulators, seeking to plug nagging safety loopholes, are proposing tighter rules for industry and government oversight of outside contractors that maintain airliners and a broad array of other commercial aircraft. Slated to be formally unveiled Tuesday, the proposed package requires passenger airlines, charter c...

The rise in global demand for commercial and business aircraft has not been accompanied by a proportional increase in the number of technicians ready to service those airplanes and helicopters; in fact, the number of qualified maintenance personnel continues to dwindle. The Flight Safety Foundation (Booth No. 3532) recently formed a new Maintenance Advisor...

European safety regulators are ordering Airbus A320-family operators to check the weight of the type's elevators to verify that they remain within limits. The order is detailed in an airworthiness directive which comes into effect on 6 November.   In the directive the European Aviation Safety Agency states that maintenance activities, such as repai...

American Airlines says a bird got caught in the engine of a Chicago-to-Miami flight   MIAMI (AP) -- American Airlines says a bird got caught in the engine of a Chicago-to-Miami flight but that the passenger jet landed safely. Airline spokesman Matt Miller said late Thursday that the American flight "took a bird strike just prior to landing&qu...

PARIS, FRANCE (BNO NEWS) -- A Taiwanese pilot was killed on Wednesday when a Taiwanese Air Force fighter jet crashed during a training mission in eastern France, officials in both countries said on Thursday. Taiwan immediately grounded all its Mirage fighter jets while an investigation is underway.   The accident happened at around 9 a.m. local time...

Boeing 737 operators have six years to modify cabin pressurization loss warning systems, including installing redundant pressure switches and new warning modules, FAA orders in an airworthiness directive (AD 2012-19-11) issued Wednesday.   TheAD, which applies to all 737 models, was prompted by a probe into an inflight cabin depressurization and pas...

Europe's aviation safety regulator today (1 October) recommended 30 new regulations that agency officials say would make flying safer but acknowledged would not make either airlines or trade unions happy.   The proposed changes to a 2008 EU regulation deal broadly with the hours pilots and flight crews can work. The results cap three years of stud...

The plane plunged into the banks of the Manohara river, killing all 19 on board.   A small plane flying 19 people towards Mount Everest crashed on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital on Friday, killing everyone on board including seven Britons and five Chinese, police said.   The Sita Air Dornier craft had just taken off from Kathmandu a...