CHARLESTON, S.C. - An airplane bound for New York from Charleston returned to Charleston International Airport safely after running into a flock of birds shortly after takeoff.   A Delta jet was about two miles from the airport and flying about 3,000 feet when it happened Tuesday.   Airport spokeswoman Becky Beaman said the aircraft returned ...

A failure in air traffic control planning left two airliners on a collision course over the Northern Territory with just minutes to spare, the latest air safety investigation reveals.   A Qantas 737 and an Air China A330 were on converging flight paths and flying at the same altitude when, during a handover between air traffic controllers, there was...

作者： 葉芷妘、陳信翰╱台北報導 | 中時電子報 – 2012年8月13日 上午5:30   中國時報【葉芷妘、陳信翰╱台北報導】 華航編號CI─680的空中巴士客機，昨天下午三時廿六分降落桃園機場時，疑因液壓系統故障，導致煞車及轉向系統失靈，右輪偏出...

〔自由時報記者林嘉琪、李容萍、魏怡嘉、陳曉宜／綜合報導〕空服員工時爭議頻傳；近期一位在華航服務超過廿五年的空服員，七月中旬服勤落地後，返家後卻突然發病猝逝，享年僅四十多歲，這起事件震驚了同業，部分空服員私下串連，擬要求華航增加機上人力配置�...

作者： 張嘉浩╱綜合報導 | 中時電子報 – 2012年8月3日 上午5:30 中國時報【張嘉浩╱綜合報導】 由於航管單位溝通不良，美國航空公司（US Airways）三架客機一日在華府「雷根國家機場」上空差點相撞，機上一百九十二名乘員渾然不知。 民航客機的起降...

Three US Airways jets, carrying a total of 192 passengers and crew members, were reportedly taking off or landing at Washington's Reagan National Airport when they came within 12 seconds of a mid-air collision.   The incident occurred Tuesday at about 2 p.m. when air traffic controllers put two departing commuter jets on a collision course with a th...

Customers validate improvements on package's first anniversary   RENTON, Wash., July 31, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Customers of Boeing's [NYSE: BA] Next-Generation 737 are validating the benefits of the industry-leading Performance Improvement Package (PIP), one year after the first airplane PIP airplane was delivered. PIP combines aerodynamic and eng...

A United Airlines Boeing 737 landed safely in Denver despite a bird strike that left the jet with a large gash on its nose, reports KUSA Channel 9 News of Denver.   United Flight 1475 originated at Dallas/Fort Worth and struck the bird as it was descending in preparation to land at Denver around 9 a.m. MT Tuesday morning. None of the 151 passenger...

By:   David Learmount London The criminalisation of air accidents is likely to get worse before it gets better - if indeed it ever does get better. That is the consensus in the air transport industry itself, and among the specialist lawyers who serve it.   If this consensus proves correct, the dream of operating a successful industry-wide...

Paris: European plane maker Airbus delayed the introduction of its newest passenger jet, the carbon-composite A350, as parent EADS unveiled better-than-expected second-quarter earnings lifted by resilient demand for its existing range of jetliners.   The three-month delay follows a glitch in wing production and pushes first delivery of the all-new A...