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Byline: David Learmount London -- The recent pair of fatal crashes involving Boeing 737 Max 8s in Indonesia and Ethiopia has generated considerable debate about crew training for the type, [...]

Byline: analysisPaul Hayes, David Kaminski-Morrow & David Learmount londonAlthough headline figure indicates worse year for commercial air transportsafety, data remains within improvingtrendPreliminary analysis of the commercial air transport industry's 2018 [...]

Byline: David Learmount London Long-term trend shows steady improvement in business aviation safe t y, but loss of control in flight remains a deadly scourge, while gap be t ween [...]

Byline: David Learmount London Updated rules aim to fill sho r tage in expe r tise and build a supply of airline-ready pilo t s by making enhanced decision- making [...]

Byline: David Learmount London Xxx Modern turbine singles can make a t tractive vehicles for passenger transpo r t businesses, but operators have so far been slow to take advantage [...]

Byline: David Learmount London For all its appeal, the aerospace indust r y struggles to recruit talented young people, so various UK institutions are working together to build a modern, [...]

Byline: SAFETYdavid learmount london Offshore transport back in the spotlight after Norwegian H225 crash, but Airbus Helicopters insists type remains safe to fly Video footage of the separated rotor assembly [...]

Byline: DAVID LEARMOUNT loNDON Long-term fatal accident trends show falling risk for business flyers, but improvement is slow and the statistics hide signs of worrying complacency Business aviation safety performance [...]

Byline: David Learmount Xxx The proposed EASA supplements to existing regulation, at this stage in the drafting process, include these requirements for the approval of a European operator to carry [...]

Year 1996 witnessed the largest number of airline fatal accidents and fatalities. Fatalities reached 1,840 in a total of 57 fatal accidents, 20 of which involved freighters. The previous highest number of fatalities totalled 1,801 in 1985. Furthermore, 1996 saw the most number of people on the ground killed by airline crashes. Total ground fatalities reached 364, with those seriously injured approaching the same number.

A list of military aviation accidents and incidents for 1995 all over the world is presented. These include the Jan. 5 emergency landing due to technical problems by an Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-140 JetStar, a Feb. 1 controlled flight into terrain in bad weather of two Greek Air Force Northrop F-5s, a Mar. 6 accident during landing of a US Air Force Northrop T-38A and an Apr. 5 crash landing of a US Air Force Lockheed F-177A.

Air traffic control is increasingly becoming dependent on automated systems but experts believe that future air traffic controllers will still play a major role in effective air traffic management. They predict that future controllers will act more like executives and will depend on personal workstations that handle twice as much air traffic. To meet the future demands from controllers, Eurocontrol and other air traffic organizations are conducting extensive research to identify future requirements.

A listing of military aircraft accidents and incidents which occurred in 1994 are presented. Data provided were sourced from Flight International magazine's records and Carmichael and Sweet's Global Military Aircraft Census. The listing, however, should be viewed only as a source of information, rather than a starting point for statistical studies, since countries differ with respect to their willingness to divulge data on air force accidents losses.

Experts believe 1995 may emerge as one of the safest years in the history of airline transportation if trends for its first six months persist. During the period Jan.-Jun. 1995, 305 deaths were reported. Hostile acts or illegal interference with aircraft safety accounted for 150 of air-transport fatalities, while 155 were attributed to operational accidents. Since 1970, only 1984 had a better record of operational fatal accidents compared to 1995.

Airliner-cockpit design and in-flight management and control technology have changed dramatically. However, some pilots complain that the automatic functions of digital flight-management systems can confuse aircrews. The US Federal Aviation Administration promises to respond to the complaints by establishing a commission which will review the effectiveness of the modern airline cockpit as a man-machine interface and investigate the effect of increased aircraft automation in human-factor and airline flight-safety elements.

Many civil aviation authorities around the world noted that the variety as well as the differing levels of freedom embodied in general aviation flight safety regulations make national flight safety rules difficult to enforce. To increase safety, they suggest the establishment of regular pilot safety training programs. In addition, they stressed the importance of close cooperation between the different national flight safety regulating boards.

The 1994 Farnborough International Air Show will be held on Sep. 5-11, 1994 and will feature over 600 exhibitors with some 120 aircraft on display. The show will feature a number of first-timers, such as Airbus Industrie's A321 airbus, Jetstream Aircraft Inc.'s Jetstream 61 and some Russian and Ukrainian aircraft that have never been exhibited in the West. A detailed listing of the exhibitors and aircraft expected at the airshow is presented.

The first half of 1994 can be regarded as the worst period in the history of world airline safety. The highest number of fatalities in airline accidents throughout the world since 1985 were recorded during the six-month period, although the number of fatal accidents experienced is still near the average recorded for the decade. Statistics reveal the growing rift in Western and Asian safety standards. The four fatal accidents to scheduled airliners which occurred during the period involved planes from Chinese, Taiwanese and Commonwealth of Independent States carriers.

Sixteen fatal airline accidents occurred in 1993 resulting in 346 deaths. Weather was a determining factor with controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) cited as the primary cause. With four fatal accidents in 1993, China is trying to improve its air safety but rapid growth in air transportation is a contributing cause to accidents. The Commonwealth of Independent States is also experiencing air safety problems due mainly to the evolution of the political and economic climate.

Byline: safety david learmount london Deliberately-caused airline disasters are becoming more prominent, as number of accidents continues to dwindle The number of fatal airline accidents hit another new low in [...]

Byline: David Learmount After a century of activity, the work performed by the AAIB's specialists is changing - with new technologies playing a part Air accident investigation still has the [...]

Byline: David Learmount Latin American airline accident-rate trends are still significantly less good than the world average, but they have been steadily been moving closer to it. This closure with [...]

Byline: David Learmount âNorway's Ministry of Transport and Communications is preparing a report on the effects of commercial air transport globalisation and the 'fragmentation' of airline structures within the European [...]

Byline: David Learmount âEuropean operators can expect a less bureaucratic transition to performance-based navigation (PBN) procedures because EASA is simplifying the preparation and approval process. European operators can expect a [...]

Byline: David Learmount EASA has recently completed its review of industry comments on the controversial subject of commercial single-engine turbine operations in instrument meteorological conditions (CAT SET-IMC), and expects to [...]

Byline: David Learmount Pilots make mistakes. Mistakes are a product of the brain. If it were possible to identify the common neurological precursors for pilot errors, it might be possible [...]

Byline: David Learmount âAirline pilot organisations have expressed their shock at the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash on 24 March - but also their distress that international standards for investigation and [...]

Byline: David Learmount âCalgary-based communications specialist Flyht did not need events like the loss of Air France flight 447 or Malaysia Airlines MH370 to persuade it that airlines' connectivity with [...]

Byline: David Learmount There are few facts available about the 24 March Germanwings Airbus A320 crash in the French Alps, but it is an unusual event in that whatever precipitated [...]

Byline: David Learmount âCalgary-based communications specialist Flyht did not need events like the loss of Air France flight 447 or Malaysia Airlines MH370 to persuade it that airlines' connectivity with [...]

Byline: David Learmount âFollowing broad consultation with national aviation authorities, the European Aviation Safety Agency has published proposals for a more flexible and responsive way of managing safety oversight in [...]

Byline: David Learmount Launching the latest phase of the Single European Sky air traffic management (ATM) operational concept, Eurocontrol says the plan is, by 2019, to deliver an intelligent, networked [...]

Byline: David Learmount âEASA has commissioned a pair of German organisations - one a medical school and the other an applied research establishment - to research cabin air quality. The [...]

Byline: David Learmount EASA executive director Patrick Ky has conceded that the agency may need additional resources to oversee the safety of remotely piloted air systems (RPAS), a fast-growing aviation [...]

Byline: David Learmount French aerospace engineering school the Institut Superieur de l'Aerospace et de l'Espace in Toulouse is researching pilot physiological and neurological reactions to stress, with the objective of [...]

Byline: David Learmount EASA executive director Patrick Ky has conceded that the agency may need additional resources to oversee the safety of remotely piloted air systems (RPAS), a fast-growing aviation [...]

Byline: David Learmount âInmarsat has agreed with air navigation service provider Airservices Australia to carry out trials of flight tracking services on commercial airline flights to and from Australia.*This follows [...]

Byline: David Learmount âThe first anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be marked on 8 March 2015. Although the Australian Transport Safety Bureau continues to lead [...]

Byline: David Learmount âThe Global Cabin Air Quality Executive heard at its annual conference in London yesterday that at least 3% of airline pilots are flying with degraded physical and [...]

Byline: David Learmount âThe Global Cabin Air Quality Executive heard at its annual conference in London yesterday that at least 3% of airline pilots are flying with degraded physical and [...]

Byline: David Learmount âThe Global Cabin Air Quality Executive heard at its annual conference in London yesterday that at least 3% of airline pilots are flying with degraded physical and [...]

Byline: David Learmount Since the 4 February fatal crash in Taipei of a TransAsia Airways ATR72-600, 49 pilots in the carrier's ATR fleet have taken part in an examination of [...]

Byline: David Learmount âBritish Airways and the UK Civil Aviation Authority have been given 56 days (until 13 April) to reply to a Coroner's 'Report to Prevent Future Deaths', that [...]

Byline: David Learmount British Airways has received operational approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority to use Boeing's electronic logbook on its 787 fleet, making it the first Dreamliner operator [...]