Articles tagged “safety”

The logical agreement of five companies, which represent 90 percent of the industry, is hoped to push along a Senate bill making the safety practice non-negotiable for all rental agencies.

The decline in piracy has also caused inflation in in Somalia to subside as once high-flying pirates have gone back to their day jobs following a concerted effort by the EU, Japan, and the U.S. to quell what had been a rising tide of ransoms and kidnappings in the region.

Runway incidents have dropped in the past decade, but as airports reach beyond their planned capacity, the number of close calls is likely to increase until greater attention is given to the issue.

Inefficient onboard management is at fault for the dozens of violations that were discovered during a surprise inspection. The Veendam ship is only one of three major ships to fail an inspection in the past three years.

It's a shame that a disaster has to occur before cruise lines remember they should be providing emergency training for passengers and teaching crew how to launch a life boat.

A series of unexpected landings in Spain have led authorities to question whether Ryanair has taken its cost-cutting practices too far and put all fliers at risk by flying with far too little fuel.

A new generation of outdoor enthusiasts relies heavily on GPS and tracking technologies to explore new terrain, but their lack of proper training has created dangerous, even deadly, scenarios.

Warnings from the British Foreign Service and the U.S. State Department notwithstanding, Kashmir is seeing tourist return, although they're primarily from the region.

Passenger advocacy groups and belt manufacturers argue that the FAA's rule only further embarrasses the larger flyers who would prefer to quietly buckle themselves in than ask and hope for an available extender.

The FAA's action is response enough for what happened at Reagan National, but hopefully they'll be able to use the incident to push for GPS adoption and other needed but unpaid-for upgrades.