As the Federal Aviation Administration eases prohibitions against passenger use of portable electronic devices, it's restricting airline pilots' personal use of devices in the cockpit. New regulations, announced Tuesday, prohibit pilots from personal use of laptops, cell phones, and other electronic devices while on duty in the cockpit. The rules (PDF),...

Executives of South Korea's Asiana Airlines say they're altering its pilot training program to encourage communication among senior managers and subordinates, after a July plane crash in San Francisco that killed three people and injured dozens. A U.S. hearing into the crash revealed one of the pilots said he did not feel he had the authority to abort a...

IHST Sees Gradual Downward Trend in Worldwide Helicopter Accidents   "Safety Education Efforts are Seeping into the Culture"       The International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) has gathered civil helicopter accident information from worldwide sources and is seeing a hopeful trend of improved safety.  The IHST, whi...

21 January 2014 By William Dennis A runway overshoot in December has reinforced concerns about the operations of Filipino private and low-cost airlines, following a spate of accidents and safety oversights. The incident on 19 December involved an AirAsia Zest (AAZ) Airbus A320-200 at Kalibo International Airport in Aklan. The aircraft went off the ru...

Jan 16 2014 By Jacek Siminski Eight pilots of the special Rossiya Aviation Unit, responsible for the VIP transport in the Russian Federation, may have not legally obtained the required flying licenses according to Life News. The Rosaviatsiya agency (Federal Air Transport Agency) gathers 70 pilots working for several Russian airlines to operate the Ru...

Definition 'Airworthiness' is a term used to describe whether an aircraft has been certified as suitable for safe flight. It denotes the ability of an aircraft or other airborne equipment or system to operate without significant hazard to aircrew, ground crew, passengers or the general public. Certification is initially conferred by a certificate of airw...

Noting that 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of commercial aviation, the European Aviation Safety Agency also reports that commercial airlines compiled the best safety record in aviation history last year: Worldwide fatal accidents involving large commercial air transport aircraft were lower in 2013 than any other year in the last decade, with 17 accidents...

A file picture taken on April 21, 2010, shows a US Airforce HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter conducting a rescue operation during Exercise Angel Thunder, near the town of Bisbee in Arizona's Sonoran Desert. - File Photo by AFP LONDON: A US military helicopter crashed while on a low-level training exercise in eastern England on Tuesday, killing all four crew m...

THE YEAR 2013 was a very safe year for commercial aviation, Aviation Safety Network data show. By far the safest year by number of fatalities and the second safest year by number of accidents. Over the year 2013 the Aviation Safety Network recorded a total of 29 fatal airliner accidents, resulting in a record low 265 fatalities. Consequently, the number o...

Norwegian researchers are hoping to create a satellite-based system to prevent helicopters and light aircraft from colliding with power lines and other obstacles. A team from research organisation SINTEF and private firm NobileSoft is developing a system to calculate an aircraft's position using GPS and use a location database of Norway's electricity grid...