Articles in the “news” category

Get on the Bus

Posted last year, at the start of July

Flying on Airbus. Safe or not?

Air France 447 rerun in a simulator

Posted last year, mid-June

The aircraft shakes and buffets violently. The G force on the [pilot display] reads +5 but the instructor’s panel shows +8. The aircraft breaks up in flight around 20,000 ft.

The Miracle of US Airways 1549

Posted last year, mid-June

“Brace! Brace! Brace!”

The state of real estate in Detroit

Posted last year, mid-June

“I wouldn’t touch anything, not even for a dollar, in those areas,” he said.

Laws in Toulouse

Posted last year, mid-June

Airbus jets’ computers are programmed with some strict rules (in fact, Airbus calls them “Laws”) designed to assess the human commands from the flight deck – and veto them if they would put the plane in harm’s way.