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 ...

Researchers warn commercial airplane systems can be spoofed impacting flight safety of nearby aircraft. The aircraft safety system known as the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) can ...

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 ...

Aviation experts across the U.S. are warning that hackers could create a new risk for fliers: The system used on airplanes to warn pilots of impending collisions is vulnerable to attack. This ...

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Rockwell Collins is providing traffic alert and collision avoidance (TCAS II) systems for Bristow Group’s fleet of 44 helicopters, including Sikorsky S-76 C++ and S-92A helicopters. Retrofit of the ...

Aviation Communication and Surveillance Systems (ACSS) is introducing software upgrades to address what Eurocontrol safety specialists say are serious issues in traffic-alert and collision avoidance ...

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 passengers ...

Download the MP3 audio version of this story here, or sign up for The Explainer’s free daily podcast on iTunes. The Brazilian courts ordered the detention of two American pilots on Monday, a few days ...

The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) has published its final report into a loss of separation incident involving two Qantas Airways Airbus A330-200s on 20 September 2013, and the failure ...