2023 FSF Press Releases, Runway Safety
Foundation Calls for Global, Coordinated Action on Runway Incursions
GAPPRI is a roadmap for addressing risk and instilling resilience.
Industry Updates
News, Accident/Incident Investigation
U.S. Government Shutdown Forces NTSB to Cancel Probable Cause Meeting
The U.S. government shutdown caused the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to cancel a scheduled…
News, Accident/Incident Investigation, Helicopter Safety
NTSB Urges Recording Devices During Experimental Test Flights
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is citing the 2016 in-flight breakup of an…
Former FSF Chair Hylander Named Amtrak Chief Safety Officer
Former Flight Safety Foundation Board Chairman Ken Hylander, a retired senior executive with Delta Air…
Elwell to Serve as Acting FAA Administrator
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Deputy Administrator Daniel K. Elwell will serve as acting FAA…
Former Head of Irish Aviation Authority Takes Over at Eurocontrol
Eamonn Brennan, formerly the chief executive of the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), has taken over…
Preliminary Data Show No Fatal Passenger Jet Crashes in 2017
Ten fatal airliner accidents occurred in 2017, none of them involving passenger jets, according to…
NTSB Reports Slight Decline in Air Carrier Accidents in 2015
U.S. air carriers were involved in 30 accidents — none of them fatal — in…
News, Accident Investigation, Aircraft Rescue, People
Aviation Safety Pioneer Gloria Heath Dies
Gloria Heath, a founding member of Flight Safety Foundation who was instrumental in the earliest…
News, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Accident/Incident Investigation
NTSB Says Operator Flew Small Drone Beyond Visual Line of Sight in Collision with Army Helicopter
The operator of a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS), or drone, that collided inflight with…
News, Runway Safety (approach and landing), Accident/Incident Investigation
NTSB Investigating Approaching Airliner Lining Up With Taxiway at Atlanta
Pilots initiated go-around at decision height.