The crash of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad last month, which killed 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground, has reignited a long-standing debate in aviation circles: should commercial ...

The deadly Air India crash has reignited a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over cockpit video recorders. International Air Transport Association head Willie Walsh, a former airline pilot, ...

If search teams ever find the wreckage of Malaysia Flight 370, a significant shortcoming of the plane's black boxes system could revive a proposal that's been kicked around for 14 years: putting ...

Debate has reignited over installing cockpit video cameras in airliners after the deadly Air India crash. Proponents argue video footage would provide crucial details for accident investigations, ...

Cameras could have helped investigators understand how the fires started, what the crews did to put them out and whether the crew managed to clear smoke from the cockpit. The safety board said such ...

Cameras can be placed outside the cockpit so pilots are aware of what's going on outside their cockpit door. Flight attendants can use cameras to view a cabin that might otherwise be obstructed from ...

The Air India Boeing 787 disaster has rekindled requests for cockpit video recorders around the world, sparking a discussion over pilot privacy vs increased safety. Lessons learnt in emergency ...