Safety

DuPage has 10.8 million sq ft of pavement, including runways, taxiways, ramp area, roads and parking lots.

Ramp accidents and incidents continue to plague the aviation industry, but the good news is that FBOs, charter operators and flight departments are taking

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is praising the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for approving an amendment that protects safety informa

Despite the installation of runway collision avoidance equipment at many of the nation’s largest airports, recently there has been an increase in the numbe

On March 31 exemptions to ACAS II (TCAS II, Change 7) requirements in Europe were set to expire.

The investigation into the apparently accidental death of line employee Joyce Miller, 29, on February 28 at Wilson Air Center’s Charlotte/Douglas Internati

A new FAA program is intended to improve the use of comprehensible English as the international language of aviation and support new English language profi

Applied Biosystems, a Warrington, UK, subsidiary of Applera of Norwalk, Conn., is marketing an avian influenza test kit in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Mid

The FAA last month issued AD 2006-06-06, the result of further icing accidents and incidents involving the Cessna Caravan, flight manual revisions that con

Concerned about the growing number of Cessna 208 Caravan icing accidents, aviation authorities in the U.S.

A new rule will end the hundreds of mode-S installation exemptions currently in effect.

The DOT last month issued a rule amending the requirements for the transportation of hazardous materials by aircraft.

Gulfstream’s Long Beach, Calif., business-jet completions and product support site is now ISO 14001- and OHSAS 18001-compliant.

The spate of high-profile business aviation accidents a little more than a year ago, many of which were Part 135 flights, has prompted industry experts to

The popular but, some would say, odd pastime of planespotting has recruited new high-tech help, a “virtual radar” hooked to a personal computer that allows

The Bombardier Learjet 40 and 60 have been attracting attention after one Learjet 60 operator recently raised word of a potential fire hazard that exists w

Many of you may remember that there was an accident involving a Challenger 600 in Montrose, Colo., in November 2004.

EMS operators in Europe are providing some input in the ongoing debate in the U.S.

FlightSafety will now provide its customers direct access to the full array of Global Jet Services professional development maintenance courses, including

Under the terms of an agreement signed by Gulfstream Aerospace and FlightSafety International (FSI), FSI will provide systems training to Gulfstream techs

It has been 10 years since the ValuJet DC-9 accident in the Everglades that cost the lives of 110 people and a considerable amount of money.

Asymmetric-thrust accidents continue to occur in normal operations and in training because of “a huge misunderstanding” about how best to retain control of

Reacting to a pair of landmark NTSB recommendations addressing potential safety vulnerabilities in autopilots, the FAA this month is amending airworthiness

There is little evidence to support the idea that a single cellphone left on in a piece
of carry-on luggage could adversely affect instruments in the

Despite the addition of money for aircraft certification to the FAA budget for Fiscal Year 2006, original equipment manufacturers complained to a congressi

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) late last month issued an advisory urging private jet owners and general aviation airports to review secur

“How much weather information does a pilot really need?” This was a question posed by meteorologist James Tauss at a recent NASA conference on integrated c

Falcon 7X S/N 002 (F-WTDA) last month completed five days of cold-soak trials at Iqaluit and Resolute Bay in northern Canada.

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The Accident

Ten people died on Oct.

Which type of public air-transport service is safest–mainline, regional or low-cost carrier (LCC)? It might be a surprise, given possible assumptions about