Safety

The joint International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) / Airports Council International (ACI) Wildlife Strike Hazard Reduction Symposium (WSHRS2017) will take place from 16 – 18 May at ICAO Headquarters in Montréal, Canada. It…

The joint International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) / Airports Council International (ACI) Wildlife Strike Hazard Reduction Symposium (WSHRS2017) will take place from 16 - 18 May at ICAO Headquarters in Montréal, Canada. It aims to…

Significant numbers of injuries in the cabin were prevented by a flight crew’s actions in securing the cabin when informed of a forecast of severe turbulence on a 30 December 2015 flight, Canada’s Transport Safety Board (TSB) reported…

Before being certified by Transport Canada, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for operations in Canada, the United States and Europe, the CSeries went through an extensive flight…

Though Cabin safety aspects, including survival factors, should be addressed as part of the aircraft accident or incident investigation process, they are often overlooked. States and industry might be missing out on the possibility of…

Air transport remains one of the safest modes of travel today. Civil aircraft manufacturers provide airlines and general/business aircraft operators with highly sophisticated, efficient and comfortable machines that deliver amazing…

Move over cumulus, stratus and cirrus…the computing cloud is playing a bigger role in the management of international civil aviation. At the United Nations World Data Forum which is being held in Cape Town, South Africa from 15 to 18…

Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Fuji, K2, the Mont Blanc, Mount Olympus are some of the highest, most famous peaks in the world. Their names alone fill people with a sense of awe and wonder that has been fed by stories of…