Accident/Incident Investigation, Flight Deck, News
Delayed Liftoff
A 737’s low thrust setting kept the airplane on the ground until only 400 m of runway remained, the U.K. AAIB says.
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Building an Approach
A flight operational safety assessment is often a key element in developing an RNP AR approach.
Aviation Research, Cover Story, Flight Deck, News
Planning for Future Hazards
Climate change and a heavy dependence on technology will bring new challenges to the aviation industry, scientists say.
Accident/Incident Investigation, Flight Deck, News
Opposites
The BEA is investigating what it calls a serious incident in which the pilots of a 777 applied opposing control inputs during a go-around.
Flight Deck, In Sight, Managing Editor’s Notebook
Insight: Avoiding Traps
What’s Happening to Checklist Discipline?
A Striking Increase
Reported laser strikes against U.S. aircraft climbed in 2020, FAA data show.
Transponder Confusion
Canada is warning of an avionics system that may indicate aircraft are flying even though they are still on the ground.
Flight Deck, Managing Editor’s Notebook, Opinion
Insight: Wind and Words
Critical information is lost when all pilots and controllers aren’t speaking the same language.
Flight Deck, In-depth Feature, Safety Research
Fighting Pilot Fatigue: Sleep is Best
NRL-Netherlands Aerospace Centre researchers say extra sleep helps more than flight time restrictions.
News, Accident/Incident Investigation, Flight Deck
Coffee Spill Leads to Smoke, Then a Diversion
A spilled cup of coffee on the flight deck of an Airbus A330 knocked out the flight crew’s audio control panels (ACPs) and touched off a chain of events that…