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NTSB Releases Factual Information In Flight 188 Overshoot Incident

Pilots Apparently Tuned To An Incorrect Frequency

The NTSB has released about 400 pages of documents representing the investigation into Northwest Flight 188, which overshot its destination of Minneapolis by about 150 miles. The pilot told the NTSB they were out of communication with ATC because they had tuned to the wrong frequency.

FAA Gives Nod To Rockwell Collins HGS For CAT I Landings

Additional Landing Capability From Existing Technology

Rockwell Collins announced Monday that its Head-Up Guidance System (HGS) technology will be capable of conducting reduced Category I (CAT I) landing minima as authorized by the FAA Flight Technology and Procedures Division.

Aerosim Virtual Flight Deck Accepted By Leading International Carrier

Full Sim Of The Aircraft-Specific Flight Deck On A Personal Computer

Aerosim Technologies, the recognized leader in low cost, hi-fidelity simulation software training products within the aviation industry, announced Sunday that one of the world's leading international airlines has completed in-plant acceptance of the Airbus A330 Virtual Flight Deck (VFD).

Search For AF 447 Flight Recorders Will Resume Next Year

Investigators Still Hope To Find What Caused The A330 To Go Down In The Atlantic

The French accident investigation authority BEA says it will resume the search for the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from Air France flight 447 in February. The flight went down in heavy weather on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris June 1st, killing all 228 people on board.

Aero-TV: The Boeing Dreamliner -- Historic First Flight Coverage

Three Hour Flight Was 'Flawless' -- At Least, Until Mother Nature Intervened

For anyone who loves the aviation business, this was a VERY good day. After a number of delays and mis-steps that often accompany those programs that are truly trying to raise the bar and accomplish revolutionary progress, Boeing's B787 Dreamliner took to the skies over a very soggy Northwest Washington state.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Completes First Flight

All-New Boeing Airplane Touches Down Safely After 3-Hour Mission

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner took to the sky for the first time Tuesday, ushering a new era in air travel as it departed before an estimated crowd of more than 12,000 employees and guests from Paine Field in Everett, WA.

NTSB Will Open Public Docket On Northwest Flight 188 Wednesday

Some 400 Pages Will Be Available On NTSB Website

The National Transportation Safety Board will open the public docket Wednesday on its investigation into the overflight event involving Northwest Airlines flight 188 in October. The approximately 400 pages of the public docket will be available on the Safety Board's website Wednesday morning, December 16.

FAA Investigates American Airlines MD-80 Landing Incident In Charlotte

Plane Scraped Wingtip, One Set Of Wheels Left Pavement

The FAA is looking into why an American Airlines MD-80 landed erratically in Charlotte, North Carolina Sunday night, scraping a wingtip and partially leaving the pavement during a landing at night in poor visibility.