What 'rush hour' looks like in New York on the TCAS system. (Alamy) Authorities believe everyone on board a passenger plane and a US Army helicopter that collided in mid-air before crashing into a ...

Download the MP3 audio version of this story here, or sign up for The Explainer’s free daily podcast on iTunes. The Brazilian courts ordered the detention of two American pilots on Monday, a few days ...

SEATTLE — A lone safety inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration who oversees flight operations at Horizon Air has stuck his neck out to insist that the airline’s jets cannot take off with ...

— -- Question: Hi captain, is it compulsory to have the TCAS (Traffic Collision and Avoidance System) working within the USA and Europe? Can you explain how it works? — submitted by reader ...

Aviation Communication and Surveillance Systems (ACSS) is introducing software upgrades to address what Eurocontrol safety specialists say are serious issues in traffic-alert and collision avoidance ...

Several commercial flights repeatedly received mid-air collision warnings near Washington DC last weekend – even though no ...

SIMPLY A COMMUNICATION ISSUE. NOW, ONE LOCAL AVIATION EXPERT TELLS ME THAT SHE BELIEVES THE BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER SIMPLY MISJUDGED HOW CLOSE IT WAS TO THE AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT, OR THAT THAT ...

The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) has published its final report into a loss of separation incident involving two Qantas Airways Airbus A330-200s on 20 September 2013, and the failure ...