After Concerns From Airlines, AT&T and Verizon Agree to Delay 5G Rollout
In a literal late-night reversal of course on Monday, telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon agreed to postpone the rollout of… Read More »
2021 was the safest year to fly since 2017
2021 was one of the safest year to fly, 81 people lost their lives in four fatal air accidents worldwide… Read More »
U.S. Telecoms reject another 5G Delay and offer to modify airport deployment
Verizon and AT&T say they’ll turn down the power of 5G broadband signals near major airports of their choosing for… Read More »
UAE regulator probes Emirates 777-300ER flight ‘incident’ in Dubai
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates are probing what Emirates described as “technical incident” shortly after one of its aircraft… Read More »
Indonesian transport ministry allows Boeing’s 737 MAX to fly again after deadly crash
Indonesia has lifted a ban on the Boeing 737 MAX, its transport ministry said on Tuesday Dec. 28, three years… Read More »
Heroic TSA Agent Saves the Life of a Choking Infant
A Transportation Security Administration agent – on the job for just two months but backed with 10 years’ experience as… Read More »
Prosecutors say Italian firm produced 4,000 flawed parts for Boeing 787 jets
An Italian supplier at the centre of recent industrial snags on the 787 Dreamliner airplane produced more than 4,000 non-compliant… Read More »
FAA proposes fixes on some Boeing 777s after engine incidents
The US aviation regulator on Wednesday Dec. 22 proposed modifications and safety inspections on some models of the Boeing 777… Read More »
Pakistan Airlines ban imposed by European Union will be lifted soon
The ban imposed by the European Union on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight operations is expected to be lifted soon,… Read More »
US carriers warn of delays if 5G frequency deployed
The launch of 5G wireless communications frequencies in January 2022 could cause a wave of cancellations and delays due to… Read More »
10% of passengers on a flight from Miami to Israel tested positive for COVID-19
On Dec 20, 17 cases were detected on the plane, according to both the Israeli news site Haaretz and The… Read More »
Italian prosecutors seize parts for Boeing 787 aircraft
Italian prosecutors on Saturday ordered the seizure of components intended for the production of Boeing 787 aircrafts that they said… Read More »
FAA Selects Capt. Billy Nolen to lead Safety Office
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has selected Captain Billy Nolen, an experienced aviation safety professional and former… Read More »
Former Boeing 737 MAX pilot says FAA official called him ‘scapegoat’ for crashes
A former chief technical pilot for Boeing charged with fraud for deceiving federal regulators evaluating the company’s 737 MAX jet… Read More »
Airbus goes legal accusing Qatar Airways of misrepresenting the A350 problem as a safety issue
Airbus dramatically raised the stakes in a dispute with Qatar Airways over skin flaws on A350 jetliners on Dec. 9,… Read More »
Dangerous reason why passengers must tell cabin crew if they lose their phone
Airline pilot Patrick Smith told Sun Online Travel that phones in checked-in luggage pose an even bigger problem to flight… Read More »
5G rollout will mean some flights won’t be able to land safely when pilots can’t see the runway
Verizon and AT&T are hoping new swaths of C-band cellular radio spectrum will help make the 5G hype closer to… Read More »
European regulators issued a preliminary warning for anti-lightning flaw on some Airbus A350 jets
European regulators have issued a preliminary warning that patches of lightning protection may have been wrongly fitted on over a… Read More »
U.S. Senate confirmed pilot C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger to be the U.S. representative on the United Nations’ air-safety body
The U.S. Senate has confirmed C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger to be the U.S. representative on the Council of the International Civil… Read More »
South Sudan’s regulator under EU pressure on air safety oversight
South Sudanese authorities are under pressure from European regulators after a string of accidents and evidence of incorrect registration of… Read More »
EU Removes Moldovan Airlines from EU Air Safety list and adds a Russian carrier
The European Commission has updated the list of airlines that are subject to operational restrictions or an operating ban within… Read More »
FAA sends warning about holiday laser lights with $11,000 per violation
Laser holiday light projectors that people point at their homes contain concentrated beams that can disorient or temporarily blind pilots…. Read More »
Justice Department addresses rise in criminal conduct on commercial flights
The memorandum also highlights an information-sharing protocol between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Justice Department. As the holiday… Read More »
Airbus takes aim at co-pilots with new technology
Airbus plans to certify its A350 jets for single-pilot operations. There are worries that cutting the number of pilots flying… Read More »
Gulf Air completes EASA safety audit process
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, recently completed an audit process successfully for the European Union… Read More »
Canada limits use of certain 5G services to protect aircraft navigation systems
Canada’s Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) has decided to restrict certain 5G services because they would interfere… Read More »