KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's state investment company said Friday it plans to make Malaysia Airlines fully government owned, removing it from the country's stock exchange before carrying out an overhaul of the carrier that is reeling from double disasters. Khazanah Nasional, which owns 69 percent of Malaysia Airlines, said it has proposed to t...

The Flight Safety Foundation is holding its 67th annual International Air Safety Summit (IASS) - aviation's premier global safety event - in Abu Dhabi. The event will take place November 11-13 at the Jumeirah at Etihad Towers hotel on the West Corniche. The event brings together aviation professionals from around the globe. IASS provides a forum for the...

A United Airlines Boeing 777 made an emergency landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Tuesday night after a small fire broke out in a galley on the aircraft. The landing was one of two that came in a span of about three minutes, according to the CBC. The network reports that an Air Canada Boeing 767 headed from Montreal to Frankfurt made an emergency landing in...

System in use on more than 150 airplanes at China's largest 737 operator SEATTLE, Aug. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced China Eastern Airlines and its subsidiaries Shanghai Airlines and China United Airlines are implementing Boeing Airplane Health Management (AHM) to improve maintenance and engineering operations efficiency across...

By: ANDY PASZTOR LITHIUM batteries that power the ubiquitous electronic devices passengers take on-board planes pose an increasing, but little-publicised fire hazard. Comprehensive data on how often there are problems with the batteries in flight aren't available but experts say that each year, carriers confront several dozen serious, in-flight instanc...

The training room inside the control tower at O'Hare International Airport features screens that can be closed to show a simulated 360 degree view. (Tribune file photo / June 30, 2011) More than half of the latest batch of air-traffic controller job offers nationwide went to people with no aviation experience as part of a program designed to expand hiri...

Global airline industry comes together in condemnation of attack on civil aviation Expressing condemnation of the use of weapons against civil aviation, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has joined with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Airports Council International (ACI) and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organi...

ICAO updated it’s guidance for aviation personnel on how to deal with lithium battery fires. Following a number of fires in aircraft passenger cabins caused by lithium battery powered portable electronic devices, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) decided to update its “Emergency Response Guidance for Aircraft Incidents Inv...

The 'GO Light' is designed to give pilots a constant reference point of the horizon in their peripheral vision, helping them stay continually aware of the plane's attitude. (GO Light) An Australian pilot has invented a system that could help solve the problem of spatial disorientation. Russell Crane has received a provisional patent for the Green Orien...

Use of Simulators Increases as Chopper Industry Looks to Reduce Accidents By ANDY PASZTOR Buying or leasing a helicopter simulator is a multimillion-dollar decision, and contracting for training can run between $1,000-$1,500 an hour. FlightSafety International The commercial helicopter industry is experiencing a global flight-simulator boom, which is ...