Airplanes Vulnerable to Bombers, Experts Say
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Despite urgings from Congress and the Sept. 11 commission, U.S. commercial jets remain vulnerable to suicide bombers, aviation security experts said.
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One misstep on this former U.S. Navy bombing range can be fatal.
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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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In these days of jittery travel, sometimes just a phone call can ground an airplane. Over the past week and a half, false bomb threats have forced at least half a dozen flights to make emergency landings in Europe, frightening passengers, tangling schedules and costing airlines big money.
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The Defense Department is displaying a "precipitous decrease in attention" to the security and control of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, according to a Defense Science Board task force that examined the broader causes behind the U.S. flight in August of a B-52 bomber that inadvertently carried six cru...
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While most health experts agree that the bird flu virus represents a grave danger and is highly likely to spread unless urgent steps are taken, some virologists caution that alarmist warnings could harm preparedness plans.
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U.S. aviation officials failed to  respond to dozens of warnings of a possible threat to airliners  months before the Sept. 11 attacks, according to a previously  undisclosed report by the commission probing the assault, The  New York Times reported on Thursday.
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An alleged plot to blow up New York's main airport has sparked fears about militant Islam in the Caribbean but experts say the region's main security risks remain drug gangs and smuggling rackets.
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Airport security lines can annoy passengers, but there is no evidence that they make flying any safer, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
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U.S. officials have been wrestling with how to get airport screeners to think more creatively about detecting possible terrorism threats.
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A U.S. bomber mistakenly flew with nuclear warheads over the United States last week, but the Air Force on Wednesday said the flight was not a threat to public safety.
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Makers of security equipment are the  most likely to benefit from the heightened alert at airports  after British police foiled a plot to blow up planes flying  between Britain and the United States.
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To defend against future attacks, airports may soon get new tools to help ID hidden explosives
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A bomb targeter-turned-human rights advocate seeks more caution in military's use of air power.
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Failure of the plot to blow up U.S.-bound planes saved the weakening economy from a major jolt. Now economists are keeping close tabs on consumers and businesses for lingering fears.
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Experts will rate potential severity of business security threats.
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Technology may reduce midair collisions, but it wonÂt eliminate them.