MH370 Search - P3 Orion maritime search aircraft flies over the southern Indian Ocean (Reuters) KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: The Australia-led search team for the missing Malaysian flight MH370 has discovered 58 hard objects inconsistent with the Indian Ocean seabed, raising hopes of solving the over six months-long aviation mystery. Transport Minister Liow...

The rise in accidents has set the bills soaring for aviation insurers, with firms looking at annual losses worth $2 billion this year. The mysterious disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in March set off a chain of aviation disasters that are making 2014 the deadliest in history in terms of civilian aviation losses. In July, another Mal...

In the wake of the crash of a TBM 900 after suspected pilot incapacitation, do controller and pilot training need an overhaul? If there's a textbook case of an inflight emergency that most everyone agrees was handled flawlessly, it's Capt. Sully's "Miracle on the Hudson" splashdown in January 2009. It made Sullenberger and copilot Jeff Skiles ...

Airport Carbon Management Standard Takes Off   Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is the first North American airport to earn Airport Carbon Accreditation, a carbon management standard launched by the Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) this week. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is the first North American airport to earn A...

By MATTHEW L. WALD Pilots killed in airplane crashes in 2012 tested positive for drugs four times more often than those killed in 1990, according to a study by the National Transportation Safety Board, although drawing a causal link between drugs and crashes was difficult. The board, in a study approved Tuesday, said doctors and the Federal Aviation Admi...

Investigators say company could have taken steps to prevent deadly crash   UPS cargo plane crash City of Birmingham (CNN) -Federal accident investigators Tuesday pinned blame for a 2013 UPS cargo plane crash in Alabama squarely on the pilots, but some members saved caustic criticism for UPS, saying the company could have taken steps to prevent the...

National Transportation Safety Board Likely to Stop Short of Citing Crew Fatigue as Contributing Factor By ANDY PASZTOR An investigator looks through the debris of a UPS cargo plane in August 2013 after it crashed in Alabama. Hal Yeager/Associated Press Federal investigators on Tuesday are expected to officially conclude that pilot mistakes and deviat...

Pilots' Union Steps Up Campaign for Stricter Regulation, Citing Potential Hazard By ANDY PASZTOR International air-safety officials are considering further restrictions on lithium batteries carried in the bellies of cargo and passenger airliners, highlighting escalating concerns about potential fire hazards. A group of industry and government exp...

Airline pilots and flight crews may face as much as twice the risk of the type of skin cancer known as melanoma compared with the general population, according to a new analysis of existing research. However, it's not clear whether exposure to the sun during flight time is responsible for the increased risk. The lead author of the new analysis, Dr. Susan...

By ROBERT WALL   The European Aviation Safety Agency says the region needs to improve information sharing on flight risks. Getty Images BRUSSELS-Europe needs to improve information sharing on risks to flights, including exchanging intelligence data, the head of the region's air-safety agency said on Wednesday, as the global aviation community react...