Prompted by difficulties retrieving flight-data recorders after recent fatal airliner crashes, European aviation regulators want to start using satellites to transmit critical in-flight safety information. The European Union and other European aviation organisations are for the first time calling on the International Civil Aviation Organisation to adopt streaming in-flight data about aircraft maneuvers and pilot commands via satellites. The concept has gained currency following the crash last … [Read more...] about EU push for satellite safety info
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Air France crash: Terrorism possibility gains ground
Brazilian and French search crews have recovered another 13 bodies from the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil where Air France Flight 447 with 228 passengers and crew aboard, came down over a week ago. Airbus 330-200 crashed en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on 31 May and while investigators are certain the aircraft suffered multiple computer malfunctions, officials have not ruled out terrorism. While early speculation centered around a lightening strike and then extreme turbulence as a … [Read more...] about Air France crash: Terrorism possibility gains ground
