The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is urging industry to look seriously at the upkeep of airliner escape slides to increase passengers' chances of survival in the event of a crash, following a ...

The article highlights that the first flight after aircraft maintenance is inherently dangerous due to the high potential for mechanic errors. Pilots must assume there could be maintenance errors and ...

Missing hardware led the NTSB to conclude that pilots and maintenance personnel performed "inadequate inspections" The NTSB report noted missing hardware connecting the left forward control rod end to ...

UK investigators have again criticised maintenance practices at British Airways (BA) after a lengthy investigation into a serious incident in which errors during work on a Boeing 757-200 led to ...

LONDON -- Cabin safety equipment servicing must improve to increase the chances of passengers surviving in the event of a crash, says a recent U.K. Civil Aviation Authority study of maintenance errors ...

For an airline passenger looking out the window of a jet, it’s alarming to see the metal cover in the midsection of the engine pod flapping open, shredding like thin paper, then ripping off and ...

The final report on last year’s Lion Air Flight 610 (JT610) 737 MAX 8 accident concluded that inherent flaws in the aircraft’s flight control system set the stage for the crash and provides new ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Pilot error probably caused the 2019 crash of a World War II-era bomber in Connecticut that killed seven people and wounded six others, the ...

SEATTLE — For an airline passenger looking out the window of a jet, it’s alarming to see the metal cover in the midsection of the engine pod flapping open, shredding like thin paper, then ripping off ...