The most recent developments in Kingfisher Airlines, where the pilots are yet again on strike and the company is operating only 11 aircraft and 85 flights in a day, raises an important question: Should the financial viability of an airline be totally and completely linked with its safety aspects?   Or, should the two - financial sustainability and ...

作者： 黃如萍、洪祥和╱台北報導 | 中時電子報 – 2012年8月31日 上午5:30   中國時報【黃如萍、洪祥和╱台北報導】 大鵬航空BN-2機型昨日上午七點二十四分從松山機場起飛到花東地區執行空照作業，兩小時後，上午九點三十四分飛機的緊急定位�...

失事區 不在航線內 〔自由時報記者游太郎、楊宜中、花孟璟／花蓮報導〕花蓮空軍基地退休的林姓資深飛行員表示，大鵬航空航測機失事的山區，根本不在航線內，且中央山脈山區中午以後很容易進雲，危險性極高，「往那裡飛，除非有特定任務，否則根本沒必要！...

深圳航空新浪官方微博31日淩晨發佈消息稱，2012年8月30日22時29分，深航ZH9706航班起飛後收到威脅資訊，為確保安全，航空公司在第一時間安排該航班在就近機場備降，23時22分飛機安全備降武漢天河國際機場。在機場及航空公司的統一安排下，旅客已全部入住酒店，等31日...

The Federal Aviation Administration is forming a group to study whether smartphones, laptops and other electronic gadgets can be used safely during a flight.   Current policy requires an airline to determine that interference isn't a safety risk before allowing their use, which is becoming increasingly daunting because of the variety of devices avai...

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The Federal Aviation Administration doesn't keep good track of how many times planes strike birds, and its inspectors often aren't familiar with wildlife, according to an inspector general's report Thursday.   Jeffrey Guzzetti, assistant inspector general for aviation at the Transportation Department, said the FAA can't be sure that airports have g...

一名非洲中年男子，當場吃掉瑞士海關不讓他帶進瑞士的大批大毛蟲。 　大毛蟲是非洲許多地方的美食。從樹上抓回大毛蟲，擠出膽囊後過水，曬乾，就成了食材。做成菜餚的大毛蟲多汁略帶鹹味。「乾吃」嚼起來沙沙的帶點肉味。 　四十七歲的多哥籍男子「歐諾�...

Pilots have had to make 28 emergency landings because they were running low on fuel according to figures compiled by the Civil Aviation Authority. Last month Ryanair was forced to seek an emergency landing for three of its aircraft in Spain   The incidents led to the aircraft being given landing priority by airports over other flights were often t...

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!   As part of  efforts to establish continuous improvement in aviation safety in the region, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) is holding the next Asia Pacific Aviation Safety Seminar (APASS) on 12-13 September 2012 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.    The seminar, h...