Preflight checks are a mandatory and crucial safety element for all aviators, enforced by FAA regulations (e.g., 14 CFR § 91.103) to ensure flight safety and prevent mishaps. These comprehensive ...

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 ...

Investigators have criticised Scandinavian Airlines’ Bombardier Q400 training and monitoring procedures after inquiries into a serious unstable-approach incident discovered that Q400 crews repeatedly ...

It is the time of year when snowy conditions can become a factor in safety of flight. Flight into wet snow and the associated icing conditions can lead to deadly consequences, the NTSB reminds pilots, ...

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 ...