Safety

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

May 28, 2020 - 10:48 AM
The Air Charter Association says the UK's quarantine rules will make it impossible for customers to make short visits to the country, harming business.
May 26, 2020 - 3:37 PM
The European Union's Safety Inspection of Foreign Aircraft has become the EU Ramp Inspection Program, or RIP.
May 26, 2020 - 12:55 PM
When the coronavirus pandemic shut down most travel, business aviation safety experts had to figure out a new way to conduct audits.
May 26, 2020 - 11:45 AM
Ten aviation organizations petitioned the FCC, urging it to reconsider an approval of a Ligado network that uses frequencies near those used by aviation.
Volocopter 2X eVTOL aircraft
May 26, 2020 - 7:25 AM
EASA's Special Condition VTOL certification requirements include an Enhanced category for commercial operations in urban environments.
May 23, 2020 - 7:32 AM
Flight Safety Foundation proposes strategy to reduce commercial VFR helicopter operations.
Rotak K-Max helicopter
May 22, 2020 - 9:49 AM
Forty percent of all Type 1, large helicopters exclusive use USFS firefighting contracts awarded to Kaman K-Max operators.
May 22, 2020 - 9:01 AM
Does Garmin's Autoland system mean that fully autonomous general aviation flying is next?
May 21, 2020 - 12:51 PM
EASA, in coordination with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control issued guidelines for aviation safety and hygiene in the Covid-19 era.
May 20, 2020 - 1:41 PM
Researchers are devising ways to tap ADS-B information to refine turbulence-detection algorithms.