Industry Updates

Unreported Wire Strikes At least 40 percent of aircraft wire strikes in Australia have gone…

Lightning Strike Data Pilots and air traffic controllers should have access to more up-to-date information…

757 Windshield Fires Operators of hundreds of Boeing 757s would be required to conduct repetitive…

A380 Oil Leaks An investigation has identified high oil-feed pipe deflection loads as a significant…

Fatigue Survey Jeppesen is planning an industry-wide survey later this year to gather fatigue data…

LightSquared Alleges ‘Rigged’ GPS Testing LightSquared, a U.S. company preparing to launch a wireless mobile…

New CAST Charter The U.S. Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) has a new charter and…

Falling Behind European nations are falling behind in efforts to upgrade the continent’s “notoriously inefficient”…

Warnings on NextGen Progress Delays by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in implementing plans…

Accessible Oxygen Oxygen mask hoses in airliner cockpits should be made longer to ensure that…