As the investigation begins into the cause of the mid-air crash between an American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. army Black Hawk helicopter, questions have been raised about the role ...

Known as the Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) or Traffic Alert Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), it is a system designed to help increase cockpit awareness of neighboring aircraft and is ...

Obviously encouraged by the fact that no midair accidents involving commercial aircraft have taken place since traffic alert and collision avoidance systems (TCAS ...

Researchers warn commercial airplane systems can be spoofed impacting flight safety of nearby aircraft. The aircraft safety system known as the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) can ...

Two passenger jets narrowly avoided a collision in Houston after a wrong turn, highlighting runway safety risks and the ...

Reacting to a just-issued Eurocontrol Safety Warning Message (SWM) about the loss of traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) functionality, a Germany-based airline captain says many airline ...

What 'rush hour' looks like in New York on the TCAS system. (Alamy) Authorities believe everyone on board a passenger plane and a US Army helicopter that collided in mid-air before crashing into a ...

Surely then, it's not surprising that we hear of 'near-misses' between passenger jets, and of 'hero pilots' avoiding 'mid-air collisions'? Well yes, actually it is, because that can't happen, writes ...

A midair collision between a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet approaching Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport has sparked urgent concerns about air-traffic ...

SINCE THE SEPT. 11 DISASTER, government and industry experts have been scrutinizing an essential but unheralded piece of avionics safety equipment-the onboard aircraft transponder. Following the ...