Aviation
US Government Probes Airplane Vulnerabilities, Says Airline Hack Is ‘Only a Matter of Time’
According to DHS and other US government documents obtained by Motherboard, the DHS is continuing to investigate how insecure commercial aircraft are to cyber attacks, with one research lab saying hacking a plane may lead to a "catastrophic disaster."
Amelia Earhart Likely Died on Nikumaroro, Study Finds
Bones recovered on the remote Pacific island are more similar to Earhart than "99 percent of individuals in a large reference sample."
10 Questions You Always Wanted to Ask a Pilot
"On long distance flights, there's a sleeping cabin for the crew – people have sex there all the time. I've also heard stories about captains getting it on with co-pilots in the cockpit."
Photos Show How Close Air Canada Pilot Came to 'Greatest Aviation Disaster Ever'
At one point the plane was less than 100 feet from hitting a fully loaded plane on the tarmac.
Airports and Planes Need to Adapt to Climate Change, Too
High temperatures are already grounding planes, but what happens if (or when) things get worse?
Robo-Falcons Will Scare Off Actual Live Birds at the Edmonton Airport
The Canadian airport says it’s the first in the world to try something like this.
United CEO apologizes before Congress as lawmakers threaten rules changes
United CEO Oscar Munoz again apologized for the April 9 incident in which a passenger, Dr. David Dao, was violently dragged off of a plane in Chicago after he refused to give up his seat.
A UFO Sighting Expert Shows Us His Most Convincing Reports
Sightings from former astronauts, airline pilots, and police officers top his list.
This 1997 Flight Sim Let You Fly the F-35 Years Before It Was Ready
I first flew the F-35 as a nine-year-old.
How Whooping Cranes Learned to Migrate By Following an Airplane
There were only 15 cranes left in the world. Then people stepped up.
How Interior Jet Designers Take Creativity Soaring
We spoke to a CEO who designs luxury planes for a living.