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airline safety
Qantas Workers Strike Over Pay Dispute, Sparking Fears of Flight Delays
This comes just days after a flight from Brisbane to Adelaide was forced to make an emergency landing due to concerns about the braking system
Unruly Air Travelers Remain a Disturbance in the Skies, FAA Says
The FAA is planning to penalize unruly passengers.
Arab-American Family Escorted Off United Airlines Flight
United Airlines says a Chicago family was escorted off a Washington D.C. bound flight because their child safety violated “federal safety regulations”—the family says it is because they are Arab-American.
Airbus Designs Solution to Combat Airplane Laser Attacks
Airbus is developing a film for cockpit windows to protect pilots, amidst the increased laser attacks.
How Air Accident Investigators Turn Disaster Into a Way of Saving Lives
Throughout aviation’s comparatively brief history, properly investigating the causes of accidents has been essential to improving flight safety, to the point that aviation is one of the safest ways to travel.
Hackers Just Added a New Reason Why Your Flight Can Be Delayed
LOT airlines was hacked grounding 10 flights and delaying others validating growing concerns about the vulnerability of the airline industry.
Is Excessive Coverage of the Germanwings Crash Distorting Reality?
One question that’s being echoed across the media landscape is: Could the Germanwings disaster have been prevented?
Low-Cost Culture a Risk Factor in Airline Safety
In the past few years, Southeast Asian airlines have experienced remarkable growth, driven primarily by the rapid expansion of low-cost carriers, like AirAsia.
