Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the airline industry and aviation safety. May 05, 2013, 09:00am EDT May 05, 2013, 09:20am EDT This article is more ...

In Part 2, we discussed Learjet’s research into improving the stall characteristics of its aircraft. Bombardier’s Clinton E. Tanner, senior technical advisor of flight sciences, points out that ...

SEATTLE - This week Alaska Airlines announced it is the first in the world to have an FAA-certified flight simulator to feature technology that provides an accurate and realistic depiction of ...

No conclusions can be reached at this point on what brought down AirAsia Flight 8501, but with information coming from Indonesian transportation officials that the stall warning horn could be heard ...

The Obama administration announced new standards for commercial pilot training Tuesday, with Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx calling it a “significant advancement for aviation safety and pilot ...

Pilots of an airliner that crashed last month in Ethiopia initially followed Boeing's emergency steps by disconnecting a system that can force the nose of the plane down, but they could not regain ...

Sometimes a relatively minor accident brings to light safety issues of broad importance. After the crash of a Cessna Citation in Fargo, North Dakota, the NTSB decided to classify the accident as only ...

SEATTLE/LONDON (Reuters) - A Boeing Co software fix for the grounded 737 MAX will prevent repeated operation of an anti-stall system at the center of safety concerns and deactivate it altogether if ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Two years ago, an Air France Airbus 330 crashed in the Atlantic while en route from Brazil to Paris.

Considering the characteristics of large slenderness ratio structure, it is reasonable to simplify the dynamics of a HALE aircraft as the plunge, pitch, and flap motions of a planar airfoil. The ...

LE BOURGET, France — The crew piloting a doomed Air France jet over the Atlantic did not appear to know the plane was in a stall, despite repeated warning signals, and never informed the passengers ...