US House votes down ROTOR Act after Pentagon withdraws support
The Pentagon has withdrawn its support for the ROTOR Act, a bipartisan aviation safety bill drafted after the…
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Fake aircraft parts fraudster jailed for $52M scam that grounded airline fleets
A 38-year-old man based in the UK has been jailed for over four years in prison after orchestrating…
FAA suspends Steamboat Springs RNAV approach after fatal crash
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has taken the highly unusual step of suspending the RNAV (GPS) Z approach to Runway 32 at Steamboat…
ALPA says US House aviation safety bill falls short of needed changes
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) is pushing back on the US House’s newly introduced ALERT Act, saying the…
Two KLM aircraft collide while on the ground in Amsterdam, no injuries reported
Two KLM aircraft collided on the ground at Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS) on February 21, 2026. The incident…
ATR72-600 airliner hit by FPV drones in Myanmar
According to media reports of the incident, around 8.12pm local time, Myitkyina Airport was targeted by several drones.…
US lawmakers introduce sweeping aviation safety bill
A comprehensive aviation safety bill introduced in the US House would implement National Transportation Safety Board recommendations following the…
Pilots defend safety record as Trump’s team commits to ‘purge DEI from skies’
The Air Line Pilots Association has defended its pilot members after the Trump administration issued a new mandate…
Four killed in Epic E1000 crash in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Four people were killed just after midnight on February 13, 2026, when an Epic E1000 turboprop crashed on…
Aurigny ATR 72 suffers ‘total electrical failure’ on Guernsey flight
Aurigny Air Services, an all-turboprop regional airline based in Guernsey in the Channel Islands, confirmed one of its ATR 72-600s experienced what…
US orders 10-day security shutdown at El Paso Airport, FAA reverses hours later
All flights in and out of El Paso International Airport (ELP), Texas, have been cancelled for 10 days…
Somalian Fokker 50 badly damaged after overrunning onto Mogadishu beach
A Fokker 50 operated by Starsky Aviation was badly damaged on February 10, 2026, after overrunning the runway at Aden Adde…
FedEx Airbus A300 nose gear collapses during maintenance at BWI
A FedEx Airbus A300-600F suffered a nose landing gear collapse while parked outside a maintenance hangar at Baltimore/Washington…
FAA mandates 25-hour cockpit voice recorders for new aircraft in the US
The Federal Aviation Administration has published a final rule requiring most newly manufactured large aircraft in the United States to be equipped…
SAS pilot mistakes taxiway for Brussels runway in 120mph rejected takeoff
An investigation has been opened in Belgium after a Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) Airbus A320neo commenced takeoff from a…
Arizona police helicopter crashes during active shooter response, killing two
Two crew members died when an Arizona Department of Public Safety police helicopter crashed on the evening of February 4, 2026,…
India clears fuel switch design after Air India 787 grounding
India’s civil aviation regulator has ruled out a systemic defect in the fuel control switches on Boeing 787…
NTSB: Pilots in Greg Biffle Citation crash lacked proper qualifications
The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report into the December 18, 2026, crash of a Cessna…