Flight data recorder recovered by searchers sent to the United...

, 2:05 PM Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) wants to see small-aircraft commercial operators equip their fleets with lightweight data recorders, and the agency is pressing Transport Canada to work with industry to make it happen. The new ...

Large commercial jets are already required to carry the lightweight recorders to monitor flight data, which can be used by investigators after an accident to determine the cause of a crash. The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) is now asking Ottawa ...

Air Arabia, Qatar Airways Salalah, Oman's southern capital, sees record tourism arrivals & investment IATA data shows 25 per cent rise in air passenger arrivals in 2012 Salalah to receive 1,600 extra seats per week from additional flights from May, ...

IBM Watson will empower a brand's customer service agents to provide fast, data-driven answers, or sit directly in the hands of consumers via mobile device. Ushering in a new era of cognitive computing systems, IBM unveiled the IBM Watson Engagement ...

12:00 London's top flight index have clung on to recent gains today despite more pressure on mining stocks as the price of gold continues to fall. The FTSE 100 Index is just 5.2 points lower at 6717.9 and remains within sight of its highest close ...

Believe it or not but the state VIPs, including some former UP chief ministers have been flying in aircraft and helicopters which were not fitted with the extremely crucial Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR).

GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares rise on strong China trade data, record Wall St * MSCI Asia ex-Japan up 0.8 pct, Nikkei hits fresh five-year peak * China reports stronger-than-forecast April trade data * Equities seen preferred as global easings depress ...

A Boeing [NYSE: BA] X-51A WaveRider unmanned hypersonic vehicle achieved the longest air-breathing, scramjet-powered hypersonic flight in history May 1, flying for three and a half minutes on scramjet power at a top speed of Mach 5.1. The vehicle ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co's X-51A Waverider made history this week when it achieved the longest hypersonic flight by a jet-fuel powered aircraft, flying for 3-1/2 minutes at five times the speed of sound, the U.S. Air Force said on Friday.