The US Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday will propose that airline first officers be required to hold an airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate…
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Passengers and pilots in a series of survivable Boeing 737 crashes may have been injured by approved cabin overhead systems or crew seat belt restraints…
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Spanish investigators have found that an overbearing captain helped create the circumstances for an unstable approach, which led an Air Europa Boeing 737-800 to overrun at Lanzarote.
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Bosnia’s army has temporarily grounded its fMi-8/17 helicopters after one of its aircraft crashed while delivering relief supplies …
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President Obama signed legislation on Tuesday that finances the modernization of the nation’s aviation system, speeding up the switch from radar to an air traffic control system based on GPS technology.
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AirAsia X has developed a specific simulator training session addressing Australia’s Gold Coast airport approach after investigators found that two Airbus A330-300 crews within four weeks had descended below the minimum safe altitude.
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The Turkish air force has halted flights with its Cessna T-37 jet trainers to perform technical checks on the type following two fatal accidents …
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