News tagged with 'Airline Safety'

Abrasive silica materials can get into jet engines, melt and cause the engine to overheat. So far about 63,000 flights have been cancelled due to the eruptions from a volcanic glacier in Iceland.

On the second day of a hearing by the National Transportation Safety Board into a February air crash that killed 49, revelations show that long commutes, low salaries, and pilot fatigue constituted a “winking and nodding” at passenger safety.

Continental Connection Bombardier Q400  pilot Capt. Marvin Renslow, had not been adequately trained in auto-pilot and de-icing systems say family members of the 49 people who were killed on Flight 3407 last February. Pilot error and procedures will be the focus of a three-day NTSB hearing.

A passenger aboard a King Air twin-engine propeller plane took the controls and landed successfully at Southwest Florida International Airport when the pilot died mid-flight on Sunday.

11 of the nation's busines airports are still not in compliance with runway safety, a Transportation Department report finds.

Rest for pilots at the helm for more than 16 hours is at the center of a dispute between seven airlines and the FAA. Some pilots say the rest time is not adequate but the airlines have filed a lawsuit fighting the imposition of tougher rules requiring more rest.