NTSB report concludes that Rockwell Collins system "blacked out" during dramatic Brasilia in-flight incident Electronic attitude director indicators (EADI) in a Comair Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia failed ...

The FAA has issued a new policy classifying the replacement of vacuum-driven attitude indicators with electronic units as a "minor alteration" for most light airplanes. This change simplifies the ...

You don’t have to be an engineer to understand what reliability engineers call the “bathtub curve.” The failure rate of a mechanical system starts high because the designers, builders and everyone ...

What causes a passenger jet to suddenly plunge intact–with engines and wing surfaces working just fine–from cruising altitude into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, killing everyone aboard? The full ...

OLATHE, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Garmin ® International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), is pleased to announce that the popular GI 275 electronic flight instrument has received European ...