Inmarsat: Arming Against Tragedy
All eyes were on British satellite operator Inmarsat when it announced results of a never-done-before analysis at the end of March 2014. Looking at... Read more →
Cospas-Sarsat: Life-Saving Beacons Fail to Save
There were four of them aboard the ill-fated Boeing 777- 200ER: a portable device – to be triggered manually from the cockpit, a fixed gadget in... Read more →
Eyes in Space: When Satellites Search for a Plane
It turns out that satellites are not well suited to spotting aircraft. A little thought will reveal that this is not an entirely surprising... Read more →
Making Air Travel Safer with Iris
In all of the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, one thing can be said for sure: that the flight lost all... Read more →
Space Debris and Meteorite Forecast for Safer Aviation
An international group of researchers is developing an unusual forecasting tool – a program that would be able to predict where and when a... Read more →
Losing an Aircraft in Today’s World
Like many people, I have discussed the MH370 loss with colleagues and friends fairly regularly over the past weeks. It never takes long for one of us... Read more →