Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Mar 13, 2015
Improving its safety record must be the top priority for the Indonesian aviation industry, according to IATA.
Mar 13, 2015
A toilet-servicing truck reversed into a stationary Norwegian Boeing 737-800, causing significant damage to the aircraft skin and seriously injuring a ground worker, according to a report released by the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB).
Mar 12, 2015
The US Senate has unanimously confirmed Christopher Hart as the new chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) by a 97-0 vote.
Mar 12, 2015
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) estimates that a five-day walkout over plans to transfer regional jet cabin crew to newly acquired Cimber will set it back SEK50 million ($5.8 million).
Mar 11, 2015
ICAO has appointed Dr. Fang Liu of China as its new Secretary General for a three-year term, beginning Aug. 1.
Mar 11, 2015
Low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian services were slowly returning to normal Wednesday, following the ending of a damaging 11-day pilot strike.
Mar 10, 2015
The pilots of the Delta Air Lines MD-88 that skidded off the runway at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) on March 5 “did not sense any wheel brake deceleration” upon landing and were “unable to prevent the airplane from drifting left,” according to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Mar 09, 2015
A report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has revealed the locator-beacon battery in the flight data recorder (FDR) had passed its expiration date, an oversight that later triggered a fleet-wide check by the airline.