Industry Science World's largest plane completes a successful first flight Eight years in the making By Isaiah Mayersen, April 14, 2019, 9:55 AM 9 comments
Industry 'Essential' safety features considered 'upgrades' on Boeing 737 Max Boeing will now start including one of the items and 'standard' on new 737 Max airliners By Cal Jeffrey, March 21, 2019, 6:23 PM
Electronics US bans lithium-ion batteries from passenger planes' cargo holds There are new restrictions for cargo flights, too By Rob Thubron, March 4, 2019, 7:03 AM 7 comments
Tech Culture Elon Musk reveals an electric plane design on Joe Rogan's podcast However, don't bother looking for it in the skies anytime soon By Cal Jeffrey, September 7, 2018, 3:03 PM 18 comments
Industry Security DHS researchers have hacked a Boeing 757 Researchers achieved a remote, non-cooperative, penetration of the aircraft's systems By William Gayde, November 14, 2017, 8:59 AM
Industry Mobile FCC chairman: In-flight cellular calls should continue to be banned By Shawn Knight, April 10, 2017, 5:30 PM 13 comments
Security Electronics TSA bans large electronic devices on airlines from 8 countries TSA will ban large electronic devices from 13 Middle-Eastern countries amid possible terror threat By William Gayde, March 21, 2017, 12:05 AM
Industry All domestic United Airlines flights grounded for two hours due to computer issue Outage related to Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System By William Gayde, January 23, 2017, 7:15 AM
Security Researchers say in-flight entertainment system flaws could allows hackers to control a plane Hackers could also control a plane's passenger displays, cabin lights, and PA system. By Rob Thubron, December 20, 2016, 8:30 AM 11 comments
Electronics Satellite tracking could help locate airliners that go down in remote areas By Shawn Knight, September 23, 2016, 10:15 AM
Science Listen as these astronomers witness stunning solar eclipse from 35,000 feet By Shawn Knight, March 11, 2016, 6:00 PM 19 comments
Mobile The Web JetBlue's entire fleet will offer free 20Mbps Wi-Fi by next fall By Shawn Knight, October 15, 2015, 6:15 PM
Industry The Web Virgin America to deploy much faster inflight Wi-Fi in their new A320s By Tim Schiesser, July 8, 2015, 1:15 PM
Gaming The Web Use this 'Cities: Skylines' mod to fly a plane over your cities By Shawn Knight, March 27, 2015, 7:30 AM
Security Software Researcher claims he can hack passenger jets using in-flight Wi-Fi, entertainment systems By Shawn Knight, August 5, 2014, 5:45 AM 7 comments
The Web Crowdsourcing used to search satellite images for missing Malaysia Airlines plane By Shawn Knight, March 14, 2014, 6:15 PM
Industry FAA panel finds electronic devices, Wi-Fi safe for 'gate to gate' use By Shawn Knight, October 2, 2013, 1:00 PM 8 comments
Industry FAA shoots down hijacking demonstration via Android app By Shawn Knight, April 12, 2013, 5:00 PM 15 comments
Security Hacker demonstrates how to hijack an airplane using an Android app By Shawn Knight, April 11, 2013, 11:00 AM 54 comments
Industry Micron appoints Mark Durcan CEO after Appleton dies in crash By Rick Burgess, February 6, 2012, 4:00 PM
News Around the Web Weekend tech reading: Micron CEO dies in plane crash By Matthew DeCarlo, February 5, 2012, 4:22 PM 7 comments
Hardware Virgin America to offer Google Chromebooks on select flights By Emil Protalinski, July 1, 2011, 6:00 AM
Hardware American Airlines to offer Samsung Galaxy Tab to premium customers By Emil Protalinski, June 14, 2011, 7:00 AM
Mobile Could your mobile device really bring down the plane? By Emil Protalinski, June 13, 2011, 1:00 PM 45 comments