El Al Flight 30 experienced an engine failure shortly after takeoff but safely returned to Toronto, despite significant procedural missteps and cockpit management challenges during the emergency. The ...

Pilots use a detailed pre-flight checklist before taking passengers’ lives into their hands. So why shouldn’t operating room surgeons and nurses be subjected to the same rigorous preparation? That’s ...

Preflight checks are mandatory for all pilots, encompassing external and internal aircraft inspections, documentation verification (ARROW), and flight plan review, as per FAA regulations (14 CFR § ...

Most in-flight failures trigger a chain of defences aimed at keeping the flight safe. Checklists, extensive training and decades of expertise are backed by multiple redundancies and robust design. And ...

Solo students need to have a plan for an alternative if the flight cannot proceed as planned. In essence, in addition to the ...

Checklist design and procedures featured on the agenda of this week’s high-level ICAO safety conference following the fatal loss of a Boeing MD-82 at Madrid, and the extraordinary escape of an MD-83 ...

With more flight experience comes more confidence. However, sometimes an unfortunate byproduct of confidence after logging hundreds or thousands of flight hours is laziness and cockiness, both of ...

A milestone moment years in the making is coming up in April when a tiny helicopter is expected to launch from the Perseverance rover and take flight above the surface of Mars. If everything goes as ...