Airbus is seeking a substantial increase this year in the operational duration of cartridges used to activate escape slides on the A380, after admitting that it currently has to replace the components after 70 flights.
It is planning to increase this interval five-fold, to at least 350 flights, by summer and to reach a higher […]

Investigators are advising British Aerospace Jetstream crews to cross-check landing-gear selection on approach, after an Eastern Airways aircraft suffered damage from ground contact when the crew failed to realise the undercarriage had not deployed.
The pilots aborted the attempted landing, at Wick in Scotland on 3 October 2006. Despite damage to its fuselage and propellers, […]

Brazilian investigators of the Amazon mid-air collision between a Gol Boeing 737 and an Embraer Legacy business jet have directly interviewed the Legacy’s pilots for the first time, but have still to determine why the jet’s transponder deactivated with the loss of the collision-warning system.
Both Legacy pilots have denied deliberately carrying out any action […]

One of Europe’s biggest-ever technology development initiatives is aimed squarely at slashing aviation’s impact on air quality - and helping European companies…

Early in March the future of European air traffic management (ATM) will be clarified by the delivery of two significant framework documents that should enable…