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Hazmat specialists and emergency crews were ready and waiting when an Alitalia cargo flight bound from Milan to Miami diverted into Boston last Tuesday night. The MD-11’s four crewmembers had donned oxygen masks as the cockpit filled with a noxious odor, and radioed ahead that they were concerned the fumes might be toxic or flammable. […]

When the gunshot is coming from the cockpit, theres a lot to figure out and thats undoubtedly why we dont know exactly what happened aboard US Airways Flight 1536 from Denver to Charlotte on Saturday. But pictures obtained by the Associated Press show what appears to be a bullet hole next to the captain’s sidestick […]

The Air Force says Northrop-Grummans proposal for a new aerial refueling aircraft based on the Airbus A330 was simply better than Boeings 767-based plan. Documents quoted by the Seattle Post Intelligencer say the Air Force will need 22 fewer Airbuses because its more efficient at refueling and has a faster turnaround time than the 767. […]

Israeli fighter pilots routinely face a variety of on-the-job hazards but they likely didnt expect a threat from inside the cockpit. According to YNet News pilots are being tested for cancer after a high concentration of formaldehyde was found in the cockpit of one of its F-16I (Storm) fighters. Now the Israeli air force is […]

An NTSB preliminary report into the crash of a Kemper Aviation Cessna 172S that killed the companys co-owner, Jeff Rozelle, and three others earlier this month near Indiantown, Fla., suggests the aircraft could have been overloaded by as much as 200 pounds. The report says it was carrying 808 pounds of people and baggage and […]

Lancairs latest kit-built aircraft, the Evolution, had its first flight at company headquarters in Redmond, Ore., last Friday. The all-composite speedster will weigh just 2,300 pounds empty but has a 750-hp Pratt & Whitney Canada PT-6 engine up front that will give it a maximum cruise of 330 knots. First flight, with Len Fox at […]

Pilot Ronald Crews was sentenced to 16 months in prison for lying about a medical condition that led in 2002 to his diabetic seizure while at the controls of a Cape Air Cessna 402. Crews, then 50 years of age, had flown with Cape Air for four years and had not disclosed to the FAA […]

Lockheed Martin intends to have a prototype Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft in the air by October, just one year after winning the $50 million contract to produce the plane. The design may be roughly based off of a highly modified Dornier 328J regional jet, but made of synthetic fibers, resin and epoxy instead of metal. […]

Mark Tayfel managed a relatively safe landing on a public street in Winnipeg with both engines out that was, said one man, “an absolute miracle,” according to Canada.com. Unfortunately, Tayfel had initiated the flight with six passengers aboard and without enough fuel to reach its destination, and one of Tayfel’s passengers, 79-year-old Chester Jones, died […]

“The (regional jet) era is over,” according to aviation consulting firm The Boyd Group. A report released by the company runs contrary to some forecasts by predicting that instead of a surge in the use of aircraft with fewer than 50 seats the industry will instead see accelerated retirements of about 900 of those aircraft […]