Aviation
Rand Paul Wants to Allow Every Airline Pilot to Carry a Gun
The former presidential candidate, who is now facing a potentially tough reelection fight in Kentucky, is pressing Congress to pass legislation allowing all pilots aboard commercial flights in the US and internationally to carry a pistol in the cockpit.
Security Footage Shows Moment of Deadly Flydubai Airliner Crash at Russian Airport
All 62 people aboard a passenger jet flying from Dubai to southern Russia were killed when their plane crashed at Rostov-on-Don airport in southern Russia.
Germanwings Crash Investigation Sparks Debate on Pilots' Right to Mental Health Confidentiality
The head of the investigation said copilot Andreas Lubitz had shown symptoms that "could be compatible with a psychotic episode" weeks before Lubitz flew an airliner filled with 150 people into the side of a mountain.
Drones Keep Nearly Hitting Aircraft and We Have No Idea What Would Happen if One Did
Drones nearly hit aircraft in UK airspace 23 times in just six months last year. Pilots say research is urgently needed to see what could happen if they collide, because it could be catastrophic.
Climate Agreement Says Airlines Must Reduce Emissions — Just Not Very Much
Boeing calls the deal ambitious — but environmentalists say the new rules amount to greenwashing because they don't force airlines to do more than they are already doing.
Tracking Planes Over the Ocean Is About to Get Easier
New flight-tracking tech still won't tell us where a plane like Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went down, but we will know exactly where it lost power.
Drones Are the New UFOs
The FAA classified a balloon, a blimp, and a 'UFO' as drones in a recent report about near-misses with airplanes.
Scientists Are Arguing That You Can't Have an Allergic Reaction to "Nut Dust"
Tim Spector, a Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at Kings College in London says the risk of an allergic reaction from nut dust is nonexistent.
Inside NASA's Giant Flying Laboratory
NASA takes a 36-year-old plane to some of the most dangerous skies on Earth, but ex-military pilots say they're careful not to "commit suicide by science."
'Wow, Pulled Back on the Wrong Throttle,' Said TransAsia Crash Pilot Seconds Before Impact
Flight safety officials report that the pilot of TransAsia flight GE235 mistakenly switched off the plane's only working engine before it crashed in Taiwan in February, killing 43 people.
Could History Repeat Itself with Mexico City’s Ambitious Airport Plan?
Mexico wants to begin operating the new capital airport by 2020, but opposition figures, environmentalists, and the community of San Salvador Atenco are already crying foul over the project.
Indonesia Air Force Crash That Killed 141 Sparks Investigation Into Paying Passengers
Indonesian authorities are investigating whether the plane violated military rules that prohibit picking up and charging non-military passengers.