30 January 2015A Japanese incident report reveals that the crew of a Korean Air Boeing 737-900 mistook the runway end lights at Niigata Airport or stopbar lights, causing a runway excursion.
29 January 2015An Air Greenland DHC-8-200 suffered a runway excursion while landing on a runway with a lower than reported braking action coefficients, according to a preliminary report.
The Indonesian Ministry of Transportation reported that it plans to publish safety ratings of all scheduled Indonesian airlines.
28 January 2015The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a $1.3 million civil penalty against United Airlines for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.
27 January 2015A Pakistani investigation revealed that ineffective automated flight deck management in extreme adverse weather conditions caused an accident of a Boeing 737-200 near Islamabad, that killed all 127 on board.
24 January 2015The South Korean Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB) published the final report of their investigation into a tail strike accident involving an Airbus A321 landing at Seoul-Incheon Airport.
24 January 2015The U.S. FAA issued a Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO), recommending U.S. airlines to require passengers to carry e-cigarettes and related devices solely in the aircraft cabin for fire safety reasons.
23 January 2015Dubai Airport was closed for over 40 minutes because an unknown drone was illegally operated in the vicinity of the airport. Saudi Arabian Airlines flight SV558, an Airbus A330 from Riyadh, was the last flight to land at Dubai Airport at 14:43 hours local time before traffic was halted because of drone activity near the […]
22 January 2015The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a series of safety recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) calling for improvements in locating downed aircraft and ways to obtain critical flight data faster and without the need for immediate underwater retrieval. The Board also re-emphasized the need for cockpit image recorders on commercial airplanes.
20 January 2015Authorities in Guyana called off the search for a BN-2 Islander plane that went missing on a domestic flight on December 28, 2014.