The FAA has issued a final rule mandating the installation of a secondary physical barrier on the flight deck of all new commercial aircraft. This measure aims to prevent cockpit intrusion when the ...

Russia’s Superjet 100 could have entered service with a conventional control column similar to that of the Boeing 737. R ...

Today's cockpit doors are far more sophisticated than the relatively simple doors found on older aircraft. Cockpit doors reinforced post-9/11 for security. Flydubai incident highlights internal ...

As single-pilot cockpits advance technologically, safety concerns and industry tensions are redefining how—and how soon—commercial aviation might embrace this controversial shift in Europe. ByAlex ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With questions swirling over whether one of the pilots cut off the fuel supply seconds after takeoff, some safety experts argue ...

New commercial aircraft will have to be built with a second barrier blocking the cockpit from passenger intrusions starting in mid-2025, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday. Only ...

Discover how glass cockpit retrofits can modernize aging Cessna and Piper aircraft, the costs involved, and whether upgrading ...

The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy was first delivered to the United States Air Force in 1970 and is still flying today in its upgraded C-5M form. Interestingly, it was operated for decades without a glass ...

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 17 March 2013. A U.S. Navy engineer has developed a dimmable light-emitting diode (LED) bulb that has the potential to last 100 times longer than conventional lighting in ...