A deadly combination of pilot confusion, "warning system ergonomics" design and inadequate pilot training were responsible for the crash of Air France Flight 447 on 1 June 2009.   This is the conclusion reached by the BEA (Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile), the French authority respo...

Miami-Bound Flight's Scary Turbulence   Two separate flights were diverted Tuesday after one plane encountered turbulence so severe that five on board had to be hospitalized and another plane's cabin filled with fumes that made several people sick.   Two flight attendants and three passengers were taken to the hospital after American Airlines...

中央社 – 2012年7月11日 下午3:28   （中央社德州勒波克10日綜合外電報導）捷藍航空（JetBlue）機長歐斯朋值勤時突然崩潰案，媒體根據所獲得的法院筆錄報導，心理醫師作證指出，機師因「缺乏睡眠」導致「精神短暫失常」。 美國聯邦地方法院3�...

Taipei, July 9 (CNA) Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport had at least one collision per week between aircraft and birds in 2011, the highest rate recorded in six years, the Flight Safety Foundation-Taiwan said Monday.   From 2006 to 2011, there were 155 reports of bird strikes at the airport, 64 of which occurred in 2011.   The number of b...

(AP) Three years after France's worst air crash, government investigators on Thursday released a final report on the accident that paints a vivid picture of pilots who, confused by faulty air-speed data during a thunderstorm, struggled to save the jet but wound up causing it to stall and plunge into the Atlantic Ocean. All 228 people aboard were killed. &...

(AP) Three years after France's worst air crash, government investigators on Thursday released a final report on the accident that paints a vivid picture of pilots who, confused by faulty air-speed data during a thunderstorm, struggled to save the jet but wound up causing it to stall and plunge into the Atlantic Ocean. All 228 people aboard were killed. &...

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Aircraft turbulence guidelines should be completely rewritten after new research by Centre of Excellence chief investigator Dr. Todd Lane revealed thunderstorms could produce unexpected turbulence more than 100km away from storm cells.   The research by Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science and The University of Melbourne researcher Dr To...

NOWnews – 2012年6月25日 上午10:09   國際中心／綜合報導 許多人搭乘飛機時，最在意隔壁座位坐著什麼樣的人，因為飛行中心情愉快與否，通常與此有關。而瑞典一名女記者就因為隔壁乘客突然猝死，導致整個航程都必須與屍體相伴，如此不合理及�...

Worry about future pilot and engineer supply for airlines has been around since the 1990s, but something has always happened to postpone the predicted shortage.   Industry experts today, however, look at the number of forward orders for new aircraft, predictions of world fleet expansion, and sustained growth in the Asia-Pacific region and cannot see...