Latest Air safety Stories

Intelligence Driven security foiled plot! NAPA, Calif., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- FlyersRights.org asks why the TSA continues to mislead the public about the efficacy of body scanners in detecting devices like the one reported to have been used in the most recent plot foiled just two weeks ago in Yemen. The bomb, a refined version of the so-called underwear bomb used by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in his Christmas Day 2009 attempt to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253,...

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, today urged the government to take a disciplined approach to future safety regulatory changes and build on the industry's solid foundation of increased accessibility to available operational data in order to further our extraordinary safety record. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111201/DC15444LOGO) "We operate at a higher level...

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Independent Pilots Association (UPS pilots) last night filed its petitioner's brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the FAA's exclusion of cargo operations from new rules governing pilot duty and rest requirements. The following statement is from the IPA's General Counsel William Trent: "The FAA acted contrary to Congress' mandate when the Agency published new pilot duty and rest rules in...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyle's William F. Smith has been named 2011 Navy Contractor Tester of the Year by the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA). He is the third Wyle employee to be honored by NDIA as a Tester of the Year since 2004. Smith was recognized for his engineering support to the U.S. Navy's T-45 Project Office and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23) as a lead flight test conductor and flight clearance facilitator. He was...

Recognizes Annual Nuts and Bolts Award Winners at MRO Americas DALLAS, April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, today reaffirmed its commitment to robust data-driven safety initiatives along with the deployment of infrastructure enhancements to ensure that commercial aviation remains the world's safest form of transportation. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111201/DC15444LOGO)...

Groups to Maintain, Enhance Aviation Fuel-Handling Standards WASHINGTON, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, and the U.K.-based Energy Institute (EI) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperatively develop global aviation fuel-handling standards. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111201/DC15444LOGO) For more than 25 years, A4A has published fuel standards...

VANCOUVER, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Today Transport Canada proudly celebrated air transportation safety in Canada by announcing the winner of the 2012 Aviation Safety Award. This year, the award was presented to the Canadian Helicopter Corporation (CHC) Safety & Quality Summit. "The CHC Safety & Quality Summit provides a valuable opportunity for those working in the field of aviation to come together to share knowledge," said the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of...

Guardian responds to increased demand for its Automated Flight Following and Satellite Messaging Solutions. Ottawa, Ontario (PRWEB) March 26, 2012 Guardian Mobility today announced that it has appointed Vertical Aviation, of Scottsdale, AZ, as a Master Dealer for the entire Guardian product line including the Guardian 5™, the company’s unique, portable handheld satellite message terminal and the G7-FDM™ their complete, single box Flight Data Monitoring data collection and analysis...

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty Guard, a national, non-profit, non-partisan organization with more than 4,000 members dedicated to protecting and defending individual liberty, has filed suit in the Superior Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This suit is part of Liberty Guard's defense of the civil liberties of American citizens against...

Tecnalia Research and Innovation is participating in the Saleme project together with the Spanish companies Demesel, Tesa and Ingema –the Matía Gerontology Institute–, in the development of a door for emergency exits adapted for people with functional diversity. Emergency exit doors are easy to open, and this can facilitate evacuation from a building. The problem lies in the fact that these doors are used in extreme situations, like a fire or in the event of an emergency. In these...