Balloon crash safety changes call
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Air accident investigators urge a ballooning firm to review procedures after a crash landing injured 15 people.
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Debate over the cause of Brazil's worst air crash shifted on Thursday from widespread claims of a faulty runway to potential pilot error or failure of the plane's braking systems.
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A balloon became entangled in a radio tower on the final day of the city&#39;s trademark balloon festival Sunday, forcing the pilot and two young passengers to shimmy most of the way down the nearly 700-foot-tall structure.
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By Anna M. Tinsley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 8--Safety signs. Fire extinguishers. Better inventories of hazardous chemicals.
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In his first formal interview since the Boxing Day disaster, David Fall said that plans drawn up by embassies for dealing with such emergencies would now have to be revised.
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Helen Sellevaag knows her next fall could be fatal. At 97, she also understands her chances of falling have increased as she has gotten older, and the slightest misstep could lead to a life-threatening injury.
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Debate over the cause of Brazil's worst air crash began to shift on Thursday from widespread claims of a faulty runway to potential pilot error or mechanical failures.
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The crash Tuesday of a small commuter plane in Missouri interrupted what had been the safest period for airline travel in this country&#39;s history.
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A carnival ride accident that threw a man to his death last month was caused by a chain reaction that started when the safety bar holding the man and his companion in place failed, causing their weight to shift and snapping two bolts, the state said in a report released Friday.
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An international pilots' group responded to a deadly plane crash in Brazil by urging authorities worldwide Wednesday to install long safety strips at the ends of airport runways.
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LOS ANGELES -- The historic suborbital flights of SpaceShipOne have ignited interest in space tourism, but the budding industry and federal regulators must still resolve questions ranging from ensuring the safety of people on the ground to informing
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Systems to check for wind were not working properly at the time of Sunday's crash in Thailand, officials say.
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A near-collision between a jumbo jet and another plane in August prompted US safety investigators on Tuesday to classify as unacceptable aviation regulators&#39; efforts to improve runway safety.
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Medical experts have welcomed proposed changes to the way investigations into sudden infant deaths are handled. An independent inquiry has produced a report which proposes a major re-think of the way such cases are scrutinised.
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As air traffic increases, so do close calls, including a recent incident in New York when two planes nearly collided.
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Beginning today U.S. pilots will have more reliable information about the threat of icing&#151;an airborne condition that has caused hundreds of plane-crash fatalities.
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By Richard StewartANGLETON -- Angleton, we have a problem. Plans to build what was once hailed as a futuristic takeoff and landing facility for commercial spacecraft on the coastal prairie of Brazoria County may soon come crashing to Earth.