Tag: Aviation safety
NEWS Apr 20, 2026 Frontier Is Taking American Airlines Back to Court Over a Second Tarmac Collision and The Bill Is $670,000 Frontier Airlines has filed a second federal lawsuit against American Airlines, this time targeting a ground collision at Boston Logan International Airport. Read More →
NEWS Apr 15, 2026 Gulfstream Pilot Ignores ATC Instruction, Nearly Downs Paris-Bound 777 at LAX A Gulfstream G650ER business jet crossed onto an active runway at Los Angeles International Airport against a clear air traffic control instruction, forcing the crew of a fully loaded Air France Boeing 777-300ER to execute a high-speed rejected takeoff. Read More →
NEWS Apr 15, 2026 Why an American Airlines A321 Oven Triggered an Emergency Diversion and a Federal Investigation What began as a routine Monday afternoon domestic flight on April 13 ended with an unscheduled touchdown in the Arizona desert, a 3.5-hour delay, a maintenance inspection on the ground, and a Federal Aviation Administration inquiry. Read More →
NEWS Apr 13, 2026 Federal Watchdog Warns America's Air Traffic Control Systems Are Wide Open to Cyberattack A damning federal audit has exposed deep cybersecurity failings at the heart of America's aviation infrastructure, revealing that the Federal Aviation Administration has left dozens of its most safety-critical systems dangerously under-protected, raising the prospect of a catastrophic cyberattack on the nation's skies. Read More →
NEWS Apr 10, 2026 Why the US Government Is Recruiting Video Gamers to Keep Your Flight Safe The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched its most unconventional recruitment drive yet, targeting video gamers to fill a chronic and increasingly dangerous shortage of air traffic controllers. Read More →
NEWS Apr 10, 2026 Frontier Airlines Pilots Narrowly Avoid a Catastrophe at LAX After Two Trucks Cut Across Their Path in the Dark A Frontier Airlines crew had to slam on the brakes to avoid a collision with two service trucks that cut across their path in the dead of night. Read More →
NEWS Apr 08, 2026 Pilots Put on Alert Over Korean Airspace as North Korea Trials Ballistic Missiles Civil aviation authorities and flight crews operating across the Korean Peninsula and the Sea of Japan are once again confronting one of the most persistent and underreported safety hazards in commercial aviation. Read More →
NEWS Apr 07, 2026 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Pave the Way for Next Gen Collision Avoidance Aviation safety is entering a digital renaissance as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) accelerates the validation of its next-generation collision avoidance logic. Read More →
NEWS Apr 07, 2026 HondaJet Safety Report Reveals High Winds Led to Runway Excursion Federal investigators have concluded that a flight crew’s decision to land a HondaJet HA-420 in conditions exceeding its design limitations was the primary cause of a substantial damage-inducing runway excursion. Read More →
NEWS Mar 31, 2026 San Francisco Flight Delays Expected After FAA Bans Famous Parallel Landings Travelers at San Francisco International Airport are facing a turbulent spring as the Federal Aviation Administration has officially barred the airport’s iconic "side-by-side" parallel landing approach. Read More →