Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
A new menace called GPS Spoofing has led to 20 separate incidents of civilian jet navigation failures near Iraq. What is it and what should you do?
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By William Garvey
Grounding business jets won’t cleanse the air.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Charter operators have formed the US Private Aviation Association (USPAA), an organization devoted to the Part 135 private air charter industry.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Richard McSpadden was senior vice president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Air Safety Institute.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
The pilots' misidentification of the damaged engine was the probable cause of the Transair freighter crash, the NTSB found.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick
Senate Republicans are continuing to evaluate Michael Whitaker, President Biden’s nominee for administrator of the FAA.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
The first officer made a Freudian slip when describing his response to the engine failure.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
A Boeing 737 freighter crashed into the Pacific Ocean after the flight crew mistakenly reacted to an engine failure.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
There can be severe consequences when aircraft don’t respond as expected.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Flight crews need to be prepared to handle sudden surprises that occur in the real world.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Training for one “surprise” may dictate a certain response, but the real world has different surprises.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The FAA on Sept. 13 announced that drone operators now have until March 16, 2024, to equip their aircraft for the so-called Remote ID requirement.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ross Detwiler
NTSB probable cause and tips.
Business Aviation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Flight crews need to be prepared to handle sudden surprises that occur in the real world.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ross Detwiler
Incidents with a radar and an oxygen line.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
President Joe Biden on Sept. 7 nominated Michael Whitaker to lead the FAA, which has functioned for the past year and a half under acting administrators.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The families of those killed when a Leonardo AW169 helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff in 2018, say they are considering legal action against the OEM.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
A preliminary NATS investigation into the Aug. 28 meltdown has traced the problem to a flight plan processing sub-system.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The recommendations follow an investigation into the crash of a Leonardo AW169 helicopter that killed five people, including the owner of Leicester City FC.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Roger Cox
The Cessna 550 pilot made at least seven significant errors in his last hour of flight, in addition to his crash landing.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois, Sean Broderick
As EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky leaves Sept. 1, Luc Tytgat has been named acting executive director.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
The pilot of a Cessna 550 Citation that crashed at Mesquite Airport, Nevada, had been drinking.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Modern sensors and communications systems on advanced aircraft have become an ideal platform to measure important aspects of the atmosphere.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jeremy Kariuki
Tradewind Aviation, a U.S.-based charter company, announced its expansion into the Southeast with the opening of a new base near Palm Beach, Florida.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jeremy Kariuki
Avflight, a fixed-base operator, announced the acquisition of the Nomads Building at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) for airfield cargo operations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation