Pilots who understand how to calculate weight and center of gravity will find tools such as an optimized console complement their approach to aviation safety. These small adjustments in organization ...

WEIGHT WATCHERS Added weight is the scourge of man--and machine. And the FAA last week proposed a regulation aimed at combating its effects on aircraft. The rule announces the establishment of a ...

In Part 1, we discussed how a Beech King Air 200 wound up in the frigid waters of Unalaska Bay, Alaska. It seems likely that the pilot knew the King Air was overweight. When investigators re-created ...

Finland’s flagship airline has announced that it will be weighing passengers as well as their luggage. Finnair said the move, which will be done on a voluntary basis through May, is designed to ...

Nepalese investigators have revealed that the operator of the Bombardier CRJ200 involved in a fatal take-off accident at Kathmandu was not complying with aircraft loading requirements before the crash ...

United said it was due to a weight and balance computer system issue. A tech outage led United Airlines to ground flights nationwide Wednesday night, and even with the issue now resolved, over 1,000 ...

Canadian investigators discovered damage that jammed the rudder mechanism of a Pilatus PC-24 which suffered control problems during climb en route to Kelowna. The aircraft had taken off from Vancouver ...