Tag: Aviation Safety
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Plane’s emergency landing in field west of Longmont airport was third this year
Sep. 20—A plane made an emergency landing in a field west of the Vance Brand Municipal Airport on Sunday night, making it the third to land in fields near the airport this year. Between 9 and 9:30 p.m., a single-engine Cessna Skyhawk experienced engine trouble and landed in the 6900 block of St. Vrain Road,…
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Air India families sue Boeing, claim flaws brought down 787
The families of four people killed when a Boeing 787 plane crashed in Ahmedabad, India, in June have sued the airplane manufacturer and supplier Honeywell International. The lawsuit, filed earlier in the week in Delaware Superior Court, accused both companies of negligently manufacturing and installing a defective product. The allegations focus on the plane’s engine…
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North Carolina judge orders $50M payment for helicopter crash death
A North Carolina judge has ordered $50 million be paid to the family of a meteorologist killed in a helicopter crash
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AirTera℠ Kicks off live DepartureCheck ID authentication and biometric matching: Advancing …
RENO, Nev., Sept. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AirTera℠, a recognized leader in aviation safety and identity management technology, has announced the launch of DepartureCheck, a patent-pending biometric screening platform developed in active collaboration with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and key aviation stakeholders. The platform represents a major leap forward in aviation security, enabling…
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MITRE and FAA Introduce Novel Aerospace Large Language Model Evaluation Benchmark
MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep 17, 2025– The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and MITRE are introducing a new benchmark to enable the evaluation and assessment of large language models (LLMs) for aerospace tasks. Given the safety-critical nature of aerospace, it is imperative that LLMs undergo thorough evaluation prior to their integration into systems. The Aerospace Language Understanding…
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FAA seeks $3.1 million in fines from Boeing over safety violations, 2024 midair panel blowout
The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking $3.1 million in fines from Boeing over safety violations, including an incident in January last year where an Alaska Airlines jetliner lost a door plug panel on its fuselage in midflight
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Boeing workers reject their latest contract offer, extending strike at three Midwest plants
Boeing workers have rejected another contract proposal, extending their nearly six-week strike at three Midwest plants
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‘We’re still vulnerable to a 9/11-style attack’ without secondary cockpit barriers, ex-FAA special agent says
BOSTON — Almost 25 years after 9/11, there are still major security risks on airplanes without secondary cockpit barriers. That’s the urgent message from a former FAA special agent, the widow of a pilot who was killed on September 11th and others who are pleading with airlines to install these life-protecting barriers. “We still don’t…
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NTSB describes the turbulence that threw passengers around the cabin on a Delta flight
A new report states passengers who weren’t buckled aboard a Delta Air Lines flight to Europe were violently thrown into the ceiling and back down to the floor in July when the plane encountered severe turbulence
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DIA’s Phil Washington withdraws from consideration for FAA administrator
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington withdrew his name from consideration to lead the Federal Aviation Administration over the weekend, saying he can’t see a “respectful, civil, and viable path forward to Senate confirmation.” “This was a decision that I did not make lightly,” Washington said…