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CTV News
3 hours ago
- CTV News
Woman who detained passenger trying to storm cockpit during U.S. flight tells her story
A woman who sprung into action to detain another passenger trying to storm the cockpit of a flight explains what pushed her to act during the incident.
Bloomberg
12 hours ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Extra Cockpit Safety Barrier Grills on New Planes Delayed by FAA
US airlines won more time to install an additional security barrier on planes to prevent cockpit break-ins, a delay that pilots criticized for leaving the flight deck vulnerable to attack. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that it gave carriers an extra year to comply in order to allow time for certification and installation. The secondary barrier rule, which came into effect in August 2023, had required US airlines to make the changes on newly manufactured aircraft within two years.
Telegraph
a day ago
- General
- Telegraph
Seagull smashes cockpit of £73m Spanish fighter jet
The moment a seagull collided with a Spanish fighter jet and smashed through the cockpit was captured in an extraordinary photograph. The £73m warplane was performing in the Eurofighter display at San Javier Air Base on June 15 when it had a stroke of bad luck. The pilot landed and was unharmed. Aviation photographer Javier Alonso de Medina Salguero unwittingly captured the spectacle, only realising when he checked his camera later on. 'They reported over the radio that it had hit a seagull and broken the cockpit. Just then, I looked at the photos I had and saw the whole sequence,' he said. 'When I looked at the photos, I was amazed to see the front of the cockpit broken.' Bird collisions with aircraft are a regular occurrence, with 13,000 reported annually in the US alone. But for a bird to shatter a pilot's glass window, and for a photographer to capture the scene, is exceedingly rare.
Telegraph
16-07-2025
- General
- Telegraph
Pilots should be filmed during flights to monitor actions, says former BA chief
Pilots should be filmed in the cockpit so their actions can be monitored, the former CEO of British Airways has suggested, as questions mount over the Air India disaster that killed 260 people. Willie Walsh, who now heads the International Air Transport Association (Iata), said cockpit video could be a valuable tool for investigators trying to piece together the cause of the Boeing 787 crash in Ahmedabad. 'Based on what little we know now, it's quite possible that a video recording, in addition to the voice recording, would significantly assist the investigators in conducting that investigation,' Mr Walsh said in Singapore. India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is probing whether one of the pilots cut fuel to both engines seconds after take-off, killing 241 people on board and 19 on the ground. The crash has reignited debate over cockpit cameras, long resisted by pilot unions who argue they threaten privacy and could be misused. But advocates say that video recordings would complement voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators. Video footage has already helped solve crashes elsewhere. Investigators in Australia recently used footage from a fatal 2023 helicopter crash to determine the pilot was distracted by his phone and food before the aircraft broke up mid-air. The idea is not new, either. After the EgyptAir Flight 990 disaster in 1999, where the co-pilot deliberately crashed a Boeing 767 killing 217, Jim Hall, the then-chairman of the US national transportation safety board, urged mandatory cockpit cameras. 'In the balance between privacy and safety, the scale tips toward safety, unequivocally,' argued air safety expert and former commercial pilot John Nance. Anthony Brickhouse, another expert, said footage from Air India flight 171 'would have answered lots of questions' but acknowledged that commercial pilots have real concerns, particularly about privacy. Pilots' unions, including the Air Line Pilots Association (Alpa) and the Allied Pilots Association (Apa), have argued cameras would add little value and could be misused. Calls for cameras are an understandable reaction to 'the stress of not knowing what happened immediately after an accident,' said Apa spokesman Dennis Tajer, who is also an American airlines pilot. 'I can understand the initial reaction of 'the more information, the better,' he said, adding that investigators already have enough data that comes from a black box. John Cox, a safety expert and former Alpa official, warned videos could be leaked or even misused by airlines. A pilot's death being broadcast on 'the 6 o'clock news is not something that the pilot's family should ever have to go through,' he said. It comes after a preliminary report into the deadly Air India crash found there were no mechanical or maintenance faults on board the plane. Campbell Wilson, chief executive of Air India, said it was unwise to jump to any conclusions after the initial report found fuel to the engines of the plane appeared to have been cut off shortly after take-off. Investigators have been looking into the medical records of the pilot whose plane crashed in Ahmedabad amid claims that he suffered from depression and mental health problems. Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who was 56, was months from retirement but had been considering leaving the airline to look after his elderly father following the death of his mother in 2022, The Telegraph previously revealed. The pilot, who had more than 15,000 flying hours, last undertook a Class I medical exam on Sept 5 last year. His records have been handed to investigators, whose initial report said their focus was on the actions of the pilots rather than a technical fault with the plane. The Airline Pilots' Association of India said it rejected the 'tone and direction' of the inquiry.
Zawya
16-07-2025
- General
- Zawya
Strong argument to be made for cockpit video recordings to assist with investigations, IATA says
SINGAPORE: International Air Transport Association Director-General Willie Walsh said there is a strong argument to be made for having video recordings in the cockpit to assist in investigations, adding he also understood the reluctance from pilots for such a measure. "Based on what little we know now, it's quite possible that a video recording, in addition to the voice recording would significantly assist the investigators in conducting that investigation," he said of the Air India investigation at a media roundtable in Singapore on Wednesday. (Reporting by Jun Yuan Yong; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
