The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling for enhanced visual and audio alerts on all traffic alert and collision avoidance (TCAS) systems when the equipment is disabled or ...

Authorities believe everyone on board a passenger plane and a US Army helicopter that collided in mid-air before crashing into a river in Washington DC on Wednesday have been killed. An American ...

Commercial planes have technology that helps prevent crashes — but it has limitations, which was highlighted by the accident in Washington. By Niraj Chokshi For decades, airlines, regulators, ...

A former air traffic controller says passengers shouldn't be alarmed by the recent number of close call collisions and explains the air traffic system.

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. On January 29, at 8:47 p.m., an American Airlines flight landing at Ronald ...

SIMPLY A COMMUNICATION ISSUE. NOW, ONE LOCAL AVIATION EXPERT TELLS ME THAT SHE BELIEVES THE BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER SIMPLY MISJUDGED HOW CLOSE IT WAS TO THE AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT, OR THAT THAT ...

SEATTLE — A lone safety inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration who oversees flight operations at Horizon Air has stuck his neck out to insist that the airline’s jets cannot take off with ...

TCAS Software Safety Upgrade Counters Deficiencies, ACSS Says Improvements to address what Eurocontrol safety specialists have termed serious issues in traffic alert and collision avoidance (TCAS) ...