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Worldwide airline passenger demand fell 14.1 percent in February, compared with February 2019, as the COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. IATA data…
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to establish an electronic database to provide potential employers with speedy access to information about a pilot’s flight experience. The database would give…
News, aviation medicine, Safety Oversight, Aviation Medicine
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is praising regulators that have acted to provide more flexibility to airlines and flight crews in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. As of Sunday,…
Drugs are being found more often in the bodies of pilots killed in aircraft crashes, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NSTB) says. In a report released Tuesday, the NTSB…
The latest issue of the Airbus safety magazine Safety first now is available. Airbus is a benefactor member of Flight Safety Foundation.
Citing its preliminary investigation of a Nov. 6, 2019, incident involving an Embraer 175, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued safety recommendations to address problems associated with…
Lithium Batteries, Safety Oversight
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is accusing UPS of violating hazardous materials regulations by shipping improperly packaged lithium batteries and is proposing that the company pay a $120,000 civil…
News, Safety Oversight, 737 MAX
A panel appointed after two fatal crashes involving Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes says the process used by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for aircraft certification is sound, but…
A sightseeing helicopter that crashed and burned in December in Hawaii apparently was flying in fog and rain when it struck the ground on Dec. 26, 2019, killing the pilot…
News, Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Data collected from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) seven drone test sites is not being fully utilized to support efforts to integrate drones into the National Airspace System, a…
