Analysis of flight operations data during the downturn in air transport activity has revealed a sharp increase in the proportion of unstable approaches. The number of unstable approaches per 1,000 ...

French investigators believe the pilots of an Air France Airbus A318 unnecessarily took the opportunity to shorten an approach to Paris Orly, placing them under time pressure and resulting in an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A JetBlue flight performing a landing at Boston’s Logan Airport conducted a go-around due to an ‘unstable approach’ during landing ...

Pilots should always seek local knowledge from aviators familiar with challenging airports, especially those in mountainous ...

The preliminary report on May 22’s crash of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Flight 8303 (PK8303) leaves many unanswered questions about the accident sequence. What is clear: the pilots opted to ...

This real-time footage shows an aircraft on an unstable approach, with noticeable deviations in speed, descent rate, or alignment. As the pilots work to correct the flight path before touchdown, the ...

Pilots flying the Endeavor Air Bombardier/MHIRJ CRJ-900 that crash-landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport Feb. 17 did not maintain a stabilized approach and descended too quickly just before ...