Airline accidents are rare, but their risk is not spread evenly across a trip. Takeoff, initial climb, approach and landing compress changing speed, altitude, configuration and traffic into relatively ...
Every commercial aircraft carries a device built for the worst-case scenario, engineered to keep functioning after conditions ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia is targeting zero fatal accidents in commercial aviation by 2028, Malaysian Transport Ministry Secretary-General Jana Santhiran Muniayan said on Thursday.
IATA has called for action after calculating that final reports are yet to be published for 43% of commercial aviation accidents and incidents between 2018 and 2023 IATA has called for action after ...
A new study shows commercial air travel is statistically safer than many common activities. You are more likely to die from drowning in a bathtub or choking on food than in a plane crash. Despite a ...
Except for a few, well publicized tragedies, most passengers involved in commercial aircraft accidents are not killed or injured. However, as shown in Figure 3-1, the rate for hull loss accidents ...