Archive for Category: "Plane Crashes"
Ask The Pilot: Legitimate Safety Concerns Versus Safety Scares In Air Travel
Airplane safety is always a major concern but how can you tell a minor incident from a persistent danger? Patrick Smith, commercial airline pilot and Ask the Pilot columnist, sits down with Peter to discuss 737s, high-cycle plane safety, and the FAA’s responsibilities. Peter Greenberg: Patrick, back in April we heard the story of a [...]
Travel Tip: Cell Phones On Planes
You’ve seen it: The moment your plane touches the ground, everyone takes out their cell phones. So is it fact or fiction that a cell phone can interfere with a plane’s navigation system? Contrary to popular belief, it’s not the FAA, but the FCC that banned the use of cell phones on domestic flights. With [...]
New Evidence on the Crash of Air France Flight 447 on The Early Show
New evidence has revealed the likely cause of the tragic crash of Air France Flight 447 that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris in June 2009. French authorities released a report today based on the flight recorders that were salvaged from the ocean floor, revealing how the two co-pilots [...]
Despite O’Hare Near-Miss, Airlines Balk At Paying For Air Traffic Upgrades
Just days after the Department of Transportation (DOT) investigator general admitted the agency isn’t sure why air traffic controller errors have soared in the past year, two planes nearly collided at a major airport. On Monday two passenger planes came within 300 feet of colliding at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. According to air traffic recordings, [...]
World’s Largest Plane, Airbus A380, Struck By Lightning In-Flight
Dramatic footage shows the world’s largest commercial plane being hit by lightning bolts in air. An Airbus 380 landing in Heathrow Airport from Dubai on Thursday was captured being struck by a two bolts of lightning. The footage quickly became a viral sensation, but actually captures a fairly common occurrence. Commercial airplanes are struck by [...]
Sleeping Air Traffic Controllers & What Needs To Be Done In Aviation Safety
The hot-button topic of aviation safety has dominated the news lately. Between sleepy air traffic controllers and questionable decisions by the FAA, it’s a topic that concerns all air travelers. Just how safe are we in the skies? Peter recently spoke with USA Today’s Ben Mutzabaugh to hash out the issues. Peter Greenberg: In the [...]
FAA’s Chief Air Traffic Control Officer Resigns In Wake Of Sleeping Controller Scandals
It’s not uncommon for heads to roll after a safety scandal, so the resignation of Hank Krakowski, the FAA chief operating officer for air traffic, on Thursday morning came as no surprise. Krakowski stepped down after several highly publicized instances of air traffic controllers sleeping on the job. In the latest incident on Wednesday, a [...]
Bodies, Debris Found From Air France Flight 477
Nearly two years after an Air France plane mysteriously fell out of the sky, killing 228 people, debris from the wreckage has been found with bodies still aboard, French officials said Monday. The human remains will be brought to the surface and identified, French Ecology and Transportation Minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet said at a news conference. [...]
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