#airsafety — Public Fediverse posts

The Potomac River Midair Collision

https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/reaping-the-whirlwind-inside-the-potomac-river-midair-collision-0475416f2b0f

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49154441

#HackerNews #PotomacRiver #MidairCollision #AviationHistory #AirSafety #Tragedy #News

Exploding fuel prices will reduce Americans' ability to fly anywhere, so ...

"After the Pentagon's support of the ROTOR Act last year, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said ... the bill could create "unresolved budgetary burdens and operational security risks," though he did not specify what they are."

Suddenly Republicans are concerned about "budgetary burdens." Just not your "budgetary burdens."

#USPOlitics #AirSafety #RepublicanDeathCult

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5724999/house-rejects-aviation-safety-bill-rotor-act

Lufthansa tightens the rules for carrying power banks inside the cabin.

After a fire broke out due to a power bank in an overhead compartment on a South Korean aircraft in 2025, airlines are taking action to minimise risks.

Germany’s Lufthansa is leading the charge in Europe.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260118-lufthansa-tightens-the-rules-for-carrying-power-banks-inside-the-cabin?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Powerbanks #AirSafety #Lufthansa #Airlines #Aviation #Tech #Batteries

EASA has grounded 6000 A320 pending a software update to fix a potential serious flight safety risk. The lessons from the AF447 tragedy, whose appeal trial is currently underway, seems to have been learned. 1/2
#airbus #airsafety #AF447 #news
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/airbus-flags-a320-flight-control-risk-from-solar-radiation-possible-grounding?utm_source=perplexity

#India seeks details fr #Boeing aft emergency system #glitch on #AirIndia #787 jet
"crew of te aircraft fly'g fr Amritsar to Birmingham detected deployment of te emergency power sys during te final approach, add'g tt te aircraft landed safely & all electrical & hydraulic parameters were normal.. Te incident occurred at height of 500 feet.. Te pilots' union asked te #airsafety regulator to thoroughly check & investigate te electrical sys of dozens of #Dreamliners op'g in🇮🇳"
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-seeks-details-boeing-after-emergency-system-glitch-air-india-jet-source-2025-10-07/

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/tuesday-september-23-2025/

As this blog was so popular, resharing it...
"Why Are We So Abusive to Air Traffic Controllers?"
#Murdockinations #blog #reprise #airtrafficControllers #ATC #airsafety
https://jzmurdock.blogspot.com/2025/05/why-are-we-so-abusive-to-air-traffic.html

2/2
"James Hodes, a US-based #criminal #defence lawyer, was sceptical about the #DOJ’s approach. “This is not something new,” he said. “The #Department of #Justice often lets people and corporations off the hook if they are too big or consequential to #prosecute fully. Just look at the lack of prosecution of any #corporate officers on the whole #OxyContin situation.”"
#Boeing #737 #fraud #airsafety #airworthiness #AmericanJustice #DepartmentOfMoneyedJustice
#MoneyOverLives

MuckRock: TSA complaint data disappeared. Here’s where you can still find it.. “Not long ago, I did a routine check-in on a project I hadn’t thought about in a while: a Data Liberation Project repo that scrapes and archives Transportation Security Administration (TSA) traveler complaints. It was supposed to be a quick check-in—just restart the scraper GitHub had paused for inactivity. […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/20/muckrock-tsa-complaint-data-disappeared-heres-where-you-can-still-find-it/

Trial by Fire: The crash of Aeroflot flight 1492

https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/trial-by-fire-the-crash-of-aeroflot-flight-1492-ee61cebcf6ec

#HackerNews #TrialByFire #Aeroflot1492 #AviationDisaster #AirSafety #LessonsLearned #Tragedy

#politics #musk #starlink #faa #atc #safety #airsafety #greed #alt

Heather Cox Richardson 5/8/2025
Musk Takes over FAA and creates More Problems Removes Plans Already in Place

“🚨 Tensions erupt within Trump’s Cabinet over air safety! 🚨Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after a series of concerning incidents. Duffy demands stronger action,while Hegseth pushes back. 🛫 #TrumpCabinet #AirSafety #GOP www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

@Olly42 #aviation #avgeek #airsafety #flightsafety #airspace #atc #airtrafficcontrol #flightrisks #airtrafficmanagement @hypeav @JetCityStar

2/2 "Tom Costello from MSNBC reported that an air traffic controller told him that it is not safe to fly into Newark Airport: “It is not safe. It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public. Don’t fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs.”

… The FAA said there is a shortage of ATCs at the airport. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said over 20% of them have walked off the job since Trump took office:[...]"

#Trump #AirSafety #traffic
#Newark ✈️ 🚨

#Newark #EWR had an air traffic controller crisis of some kind and as a result more than 20% of controllers walked off the job in #NJ this week.

#UnitedAirlines cut 35 daily flights to Newark as a result.

"Two equipment outages" reportedly sent multiple air traffic controllers on "weeks-long medical leave".

https://abcnews.go.com/world-news-tonight-with-david-muirT/video/airport-scare-travelers-savannah-georgia-121438431 #USA #aviation #travel #AirSafety