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Pence’s plane skids on wet NY runway

October 28, 2016

Aviation safety and politics intersected last night when a plane carrying Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence skidded off a rain-slickened runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

Flying safely in winter weather

October 4, 2016

As winter approaches, U.S. airports, airline flight crews, dispatchers, general aviation pilots, air traffic controllers, and manufacturers will begin using new Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment (TALPA) methods to improve safety at U.S. airports.

Standards being developed for…spaceflight?

ASTM considers the final frontier

September 19, 2016

ASTM International – the organization that sets voluntary standards for everything from copper alloys to environmental technology – has set its sights on the final frontier.

Fly Safe: Prevention of loss of control accidents

July 6, 2016

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and general aviation (GA) groups’ #FlySafe national safety campaign aims to educate the GA community on best practices in calculating and predicting aircraft performance, and in operating within established aircraft limitations.

Amazon sends hazmat by air

Giant e-retailer facing fines

June 30, 2016

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes proposing a $52,000 civil penalty against Amazon, Inc., for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations.

FAA uses #FlySafe campaign to help prevent loss of control accidents

General aviation accidents in U.S. claimed 384 lives last year

April 26, 2016

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and general aviation (GA) group’s #FlySafe national safety campaign aims to educate the GA community on best practices in calculating and predicting aircraft performance, and on operating within established aircraft limitations.

Major airlines ban hoverboards in luggage

December 14, 2015

Along with loaded guns and dynamite, hoverboards are now on the banned list for checked luggage for the “Big 3” U.S. airlines.

Cities hosting the Pope are No Drone Zones

September 18, 2015

As the Papal visit approaches, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is reminding residents of and visitors to Washington, DC, New York, and Philadelphia that these cities and the surrounding communities are No Drone Zones from September 22 through September 27, 2015.

Planes v. wildlife: Incident reporting on the rise

August 12, 2015

Wildlife strike reporting for both commercial and general aviation airports continues to increase, according to a new report by renowned wildlife expert Dr. Richard A. Dolbeer. At the request of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Dolbeer recently published the wildlife report (PDF), which shows that 47 percent of the wildlife strikes that occurred from 2009 to 2013 were reported to the FAA’s National Wildlife Strike Database.

Fatal plane crash caused by an accident, not “hostile acts”

July 15, 2015

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that a National Airlines Boeing 747 freighter crashed on takeoff from Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan, because the five large military vehicles it was carrying were inadequately restrained.