On October 8th, 2001, the worst air accident in Italian history occurred at Milan’s Linate airport in the North of Italy. What makes this crash particularly galling is how predictable and preventable ...

It doesn't feel like it after the catastrophic loss of life over the Potomac, but commercial airlines are the world's safest ...

US airlines had gone 16 years without a fatal crash until Wednesday night. But as impressive as that safety record had been, ...

When you fly for a living, as I did for nearly 15 years, you learn to always remain vigilant while in the air. However, vigilance is not the fundamental principle ...

A passenger jet hit an Army helicopter with three soldiers as the plane got ready to land at Reagan National near Washington, ...

Pilots rely on many safety systems when flying into the busy airspace over the capital on the approach to Reagan National ...

Complacency has no place in our skies today ... is nothing known at this point as to the who was at fault for the crash — air traffic control, the plane’s pilot or the helicopter’s pilot ...