Reported laser strikes against U.S. aircraft climbed in 2020, FAA data show.
Despite the pandemic-related decline in flying in 2020, U.S. pilots reported 6,852 laser strikes on their aircraft ─ a 12 percent increase over the previous year and the highest number recorded since 2016, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says.
COVID-19, Flight Ops, IASS 2021, News
The pandemic has exposed safety issues that troubled the aviation industry even before the COVID-19 outbreak, safety leaders say.
Flight Training, In-depth Feature
Explaining the term is easy; putting the concept into practice is more challenging.
Human Factors Issues, Commentary, Managing Editor’s Notebook
Data-Entry Errors Can Lead Aircraft Off Course
Distractions and heavy workload are often cited as contributing to programming mistakes.
by Robert Baron