ARTICLES: Runway Safety Lights Now Operational at Dulles; Airport Vehicle Movements Become Easier To Track According to NTSB, while the number of serious runway incursions has decreased from 67 in fiscal year 2000 to 7…
ARTICLES: NEMSPA Attacks Air Medical Aircraft Accidents On Two Front; ISSP focuses on Worldwide Safety Management Efforts Exemplary advances in aviation safety have created such a positive record that headlines about crashes now include positive…
ARTICLE: Why so few Alaska airplane ‘black box’ recorders? This article presents an excellent explanation of the functions of the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) (collectively known as the Black Box)….
ARTICLE: Coverage guide for aviation safety This is a very useful article by a reporter for reporters who may be assigned to cover an aviation accident. It provides useful links to sites where aviation lingo,…
ARTICLE: Three Reasons to Doubt the TWA Flight 800 Conspiracy Theory Conspiracy theorists had a more arguable claim in the ‘50s and ‘60s when surreptitious communications and disappearing documents were possible. Ever since the electronic…
ARTICLE: Plane Goes off Runway at Reagan National Ever since the Lithium Ion Battery story first ran, every problem encountered by a B-787 received global press coverage. The Dreamliner is a state-of-the-art aircraft which incorporates…
ARTICLE: FAA to Relax Rules for Gadgets in Flight The Wall Street Journal’s respected writer, Andy Pasztor, has gained access to a draft report by the Aviation Rulemaking Committee assembled by the FAA to examine…
ARTICLE FAA looking to install inflatable lapbelts as safety precaution on airplanes DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 25 [Docket No. FAA–2013–0453; Special Conditions No. 25–489–SC] Special Conditions: The Boeing Company, Model…