Safety

04.08.2010 2:00

RAF to inspect grounded Hawk trainer fleet

The UK Royal Air Force is awaiting inspection guidelines that should enable it to resume flight operations with its Hawk jet trainers ... [Read more]

03.08.2010 2:00

Crashed MD-11F caught fire after impact: Saudi inquiry

Preliminary information on the Lufthansa Cargo Boeing MD-11 freighter crash at Riyadh last week indicates that the fire resulted from the impact of the aircraft... [Read more]

03.08.2010 2:00

Airline safety 2010 so far: out of ideas

With many accidents stemming from loss of situational awareness, is there a case for training to prevent disorientation? [Read more]

01.08.2010 2:00

SIA 777 in wing-tip clash at Beijing Capital

A Singapore Airlines (SIA) Boeing 777-200 has collided with a stationary aircraft at Beijing Capital International Airport while taxiing today. The... [Read more]

31.07.2010 2:00

USAF confirms four killed in Elmendorf C-17 crash

The US Air Force has confirmed that there were no survivors of a 28 July crash involving one of its C-17 transports ... [Read more]

31.07.2010 2:00

Boeing unmanned A160T crashes at California airport

US authorities are investigating what caused an unmanned Boeing A160T Hummingbird to crash on 28 July at the airport in Victorville, California. The... [Read more]

31.07.2010 2:00

FAA downgrades Mexico’s safety rating

FAA has determined that Mexico is not in compliance with ICAO safety standards and has downgraded the country's safety rating from category 1 to category... [Read more]

30.07.2010 2:00

Pakistani aircraft that crashed was doing circling approach to runway

The Airblue Airbus A321 that crashed yesterday, killing all 152 people on board, was doing a circling approach to runway 12 at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto... [Read more]