How MCAS design flaws and a broken certification process caused 346 deaths across two 737 MAX crashes and permanently changed how aviation certifies cockpit automation.
VectorA British Airways Boeing 777 declared an emergency and returned to Heathrow on October 5, 2026, after a rapid descent over the Irish Sea en route to Chicago O'Hare.
TowerState-level GPS spoofing in conflict zones is injecting false positions into ADS-B broadcasts, undermining the surveillance picture controllers and pilots depend on.
VectorThe Airbus A320's alpha floor system overrides pilot throttle inputs to prevent stalls - a 1988 design decision that still defines the debate over cockpit automation.
VectorOn October 5, 1930, Britain's flagship airship R101 crashed into a French hillside, killing 48 and ending the nation's entire airship programme overnight.
TaildraggerOn July 1, 2002, 71 people died over Uberlingen when a crew chose ATC over a TCAS Resolution Advisory - here's why that rule is absolute.
VectorGPS spoofing in the Middle East and Baltic regions is silently feeding false position data into ADS-B transponders, with no onboard alert to warn pilots or controllers.
VectorThe FAA's LADD program lets private aircraft disappear from public tracking apps while still broadcasting ADS-B - and the safety research tradeoff is rarely discussed.
VectorA United Express E175 returned to Houston on September 27 after the first officer's windshield shattered into the cockpit, raising critical safety questions for all pressurized aircraft operators.
TowerACAS X replaces TCAS II's fixed logic tables with probabilistic optimization, reducing nuisance alerts and enabling collision avoidance for unmanned aircraft in shared airspace.
VectorHow Don Bateman's Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System used GPS and a global terrain database to eliminate controlled flight into terrain from modern commercial aviation.
VectorA Flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 diverted to Saudi Arabia on September 30 after a violent physical confrontation between the two pilots forced abandonment of the Dubai–Tel Aviv route.
TowerThe FAA has certified Garmin Autoland for the Epic E1000 AX, letting non-pilot passengers press a button and have the aircraft land itself automatically.
TowerGPS spoofing corrupts ADS-B position data silently, placing phantom aircraft on ATC scopes while flight crews remain unaware - a structural flaw at the heart of modern aviation surveillance.
VectorThe Air Force's Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System has saved at least eight F-16 pilots from controlled flight into terrain since 2014 - and the technology is pushing aviation toward a fundamental question about who, or what, has final authority over the controls.
VectorLearning to recognize subtle changes in your airplane's sounds is one of the most underrated - and least taught - safety skills in general aviation.
TowerA Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 overran the runway at Munich International Airport after investigators found repeated brake inputs recorded during the takeoff roll.
TowerThe FAA is investigating a Boeing 737 Max software glitch that can unexpectedly disengage VNAV, the system managing vertical flight profiles across the fleet.
TowerThe U.S. Senate passed two bipartisan mental health bills for pilots and controllers, targeting the structural disincentives that keep aviation professionals from seeking care.
TowerHow Don Bateman's Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System solved controlled flight into terrain by closing a critical cockpit information gap - and what GA pilots need to know today.
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