NATO is studying options for improving low-level airspace co-ordination in operational areas in response to an increasing number of proximity incidents involving manned aircraft and unmanned air vehicles.
Clear vision: Access 5 takes one step at a time The Access 5 group leaves no doubt about its vision: it wants routine operations of unmanned aerial vehicles within the US national airspace system this decade.
Although support for personnel dealing with mental health difficulties has increased in the aviation industry, there is an urgent need to draw attention to the issue of prevention, according to a human factors working group at the Royal Aeronautical Society. Mental health among pilots became a high-profile matter after the ...
Chilean investigators have determined that an involuntary forward shift of the captain’s seat preceded the in-flight upset involving a LATAM Airlines Boeing 787-9 last month. The aircraft had been cruising at 41,000ft en route to Auckland from Sydney on 11 March. It experienced a “sudden unintentional” loss of altitude, says ...
Fraport, the operator of Frankfurt airport, one of continental Europe’s busiest, says that air traffic had to be completely halted on two days in 2023 due to drone incursions around the airfield.