Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe. Thierry is also the editor-in-chief of Aviation Week’s ShowNews.
Air traffic controllers at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport effectively corrected the trajectory of a Ukraine International Airlines (AUI)-operated Boeing 737 after the crew chose the wrong procedure for departure and came dangerously close to another aircraft, investigators of the French BEA said in a recent incident report.
A smarter way to address wake turbulence separation can increase runway capacity, tests conducted by Eurocontrol and Lufthansa Aviation Training have shown.
Aerostructure and wiring specialist Latecoere has conducted an inflight demonstration of Li-Fi—light signal transmission via optical fiber and LEDs—as the infrastructure for faster inflight entertainment (IFE) systems.
