
News, ATC/ATM, Safety Regulation
Progress Seen as ADS-B Deadline Looms
As of Jan. 1, aircraft must be equipped with ADS-B Out to fly in most controlled airspace. (Source: FAA) Facing a Jan. 1 deadline, 76 percent of U.S. commercial air…
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News, ATC/ATM, Safety Regulation
As of Jan. 1, aircraft must be equipped with ADS-B Out to fly in most controlled airspace. (Source: FAA) Facing a Jan. 1 deadline, 76 percent of U.S. commercial air…
by FSF Editorial Staff
News, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Safety Regulation
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has delayed until December the planned publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on a system calling for the remote identification of drones.…
by FSF Editorial Staff
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to change airworthiness regulations that govern fire protection inside transport category airplanes to convert existing prescriptive requirements into what it says will be…
by FSF Editorial Staff
Allegiant Air allegedly operated a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 on more than two dozen flights after improper engine maintenance, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which has proposed that…
by FSF Editorial Staff
2019 FSF Press Releases, Safety Regulation
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — After the tragic Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines accidents and the fragmented approach in grounding the Boeing 737 MAX, regulators from around the world are gathering for…
by FSF Communications Staff
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao on Tuesday ordered an audit of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 certification process. The aircraft, which the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded last…
by FSF Editorial Staff
Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Airport Ops, Safety Regulation
Drone flight restriction zones have been expanded around airports in the U.K. under a new rule that took effect March 13. Under the DroneSafe program, operated by the U.K. Civil…
by FSF Editorial Staff
Accident/Incident Investigation, Safety Regulation
The United States today grounded Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 airplanes, joining other nations around the world in ordering the aircraft out of the skies following Sunday’s crash…
by FSF Editorial Staff
News, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Safety Regulation
Operators of small drones in the United States would be permitted to fly the devices at night and above people on the ground according to rules that the U.S. Federal…
by FSF Editorial Staff