Dec 30 Watch 3:17 Will AirAsia crash lead to better tracking systems? – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch 2:22 Search widens for missing AirAsia flight – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 10 Other countries are surpassing the US in commercial drone flights By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Commercial drone flights are taking off in other countries while the U.S. lags behind in developing safety regulations that would permit unmanned aircraft operations by a wide array of industries, witnesses told a House panel Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 29 Lost and found? Fragment of Earhart’s missing plane identified By Lorna Baldwin After 77 years of searching, researchers announced they are one big step closer to knowing where aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and her plane ended up. An aluminum fragment found in 1991 on a remote, uninhabited coral atoll in the Pacific… Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch Solar-powered plane revealed in Switzerland By PBS News Hour Following 12 years of research and testing, designers and pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg debuted a huge solar-powered plane in Switzerland this week. The plane, which boasts a wingspan wider than a 747's, is covered in more than 17,000… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch How will thousands of drones impact already crowded skies? By PBS News Hour Drone aircraft might be delivering Amazon orders to your door soon says Jeff Bezos But first states and the federal government are wrestling with the implications of many new, pilotless aircraft -- how they might affect civil liberties -- and… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Drastic Changes in Airport Security After 9/11 Stir Controversy Correspondent Tom Bearden reports on the profound changes in aviation security and air travel after the 9/11 attacks. Critics say some of the new measures are excessive and infringe on the rights of travelers, pointing to more invasive searches and… Continue watching
Apr 04 Cracks Ground Southwest Planes, Raise New Questions on Inspections Southwest is facing new questions on the safety of its fleet. Photo via Flickr Creative Commons user Atomic Taco. Southwest Airlines is grounding its fleet of Boeing 737-300s for inspection after one of its planes was forced to… Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch Poland Rebuilds Government After Crash In the wake of the plane crash that killed Poland's president and 95 others over the weekend, Ray Suarez talks to Andrew Nagorski, author and vice president of the East-West Institute, an international affairs think tank. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Poland Mourns Leaders Killed in Plane Crash Ray Suarez reports on the national tragedy unfolding in Poland after its president and other government officials were killed in a plane crash over the weekend. Continue watching