Networks
Watchdog clears 90 per cent of US commercial aircraft to land in low visibility at nation's 5G C-band airports
Don't start celebrating just yet if you own a Boeing 747-8, 747-8F, 777
26 Jan 2022 03:34 | 20
Aviation
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Offbeat
'95% original' film star Spitfire could be yours for a mere £4.5m (or 0.05 Pogbas)
Freshly overhauled, several careful owners
21 Jan 2022 16:28 | 52
Networks
Japan solves 5G airliner conundrum: Keep mobe masts 200m from airport approach paths. That's it
(And maintain a guard band.) US airliners melt down as rest of world moves on
19 Jan 2022 16:16 | 70
Networks
5G frequencies won't interfere with airliners here, UK and EU aviation regulators say
US (and Canadian) fears are uniquely Leftpondian, it seems
14 Jan 2022 18:24 | 44
Networks
50 US airports to be surrounded by 5G C-band-free zones
AT&T and Verizon come to agreement with FAA on tech rollout
10 Jan 2022 17:51 | 28
Offbeat
Sun sets on superjumbo: Last Airbus A380 rolls off the production line
It’s massive and fun to fly in, but expensive to run and not as nimble as rivals
17 Dec 2021 08:16 | 83
Software
After deadly 737 Max crashes, damning whistleblower report reveals sidelined engineers, scarcity of expertise, more
Not to mention the FAA delegating its watchdog duties to the actual aircraft manufacturers
15 Dec 2021 01:47 | 176
Legal
Boeing 737 Max chief technical pilot charged with deceiving US aviation regulators over MCAS
He hasn't got $2.5bn to hand to the DoJ, unlike his bosses
15 Oct 2021 16:29 | 149
Science
Airline meal-sized £700k awarded by UK.gov for green aviation: That's for eco-tech rather than planes, mind
Infrastructure to support lower-emission aircraft, is the hope
30 Sep 2021 14:44 | 13
Software
Report details how Airbus pilots saved the day when all three flight computers failed on landing
Software 'enhancement' on the way after triple touchdown TITSUP
06 Sep 2021 14:58 | 153
Science
Japan's aerospace agency hooks up with Boeing to make planes quieter when they land
Hope to address the noise of airflows over flaps and other parts as that can be louder than engines
20 Aug 2021 11:59 | 76
Personal Tech
‘Fasten your seat belts, raise your tray table, and disconnect your Bluetooth headsets from the entertainment unit’
United Airlines buys 200 planes — plans to give ’em ten inches of entertainment and a double dose of wireless
30 Jun 2021 05:15 | 39
Updated
US aviation regulator warns of mid-air collision risk if Garmin TCAS boxes are not updated
Software fixes available, says FAA
22 Apr 2021 19:30 | 23
Applications
Airline software super-bug: Flight loads miscalculated because women using 'Miss' were treated as children
Passenger weight blunder led to wrong thrust used on takeoff, says watchdog
08 Apr 2021 19:14 | 321
Science
Boeing confirms last 747 to roll off production line in 2022
Last four built will be freighters. And mighty freighters at that
13 Jan 2021 04:24 | 25
Security
Radio Frequency fingerprinting of aircraft ADS-B transmitters? Boffins reckon they've cracked it
More data points needed, says academic, but technique could give governments a spoofin' bad headache
10 Nov 2020 19:58 | 22
Science
Mitsubishi grounds its attempt to crack the passenger jet market
$9bn SpaceJet isn’t dead, but defence, mobility and electronics offer better short-term prospects
02 Nov 2020 02:00 | 4
Security
K8s on a plane! US Air Force slaps Googly container tech on yet another war machine to 'run advanced ML algorithms'
And if that's not Skynet enough for ya, Britten-Norman is working to make the BN-2 Islander fly autonomously
08 Oct 2020 14:05 | 17
Security
Meet the new aviation insecurity, same as the old aviation insecurity: Next-gen ACAS X just as vulnerable to spoofing as its predecessor
Faking an emergency collision alarm - just what you don't need over Heathrow
06 Oct 2020 10:46 | 12
Bootnotes
Singapore Airlines turns A380 into a restaurant, delivers plane food to homes
As Australia's Qantas sells off old 747 drinks carts, fully loaded
30 Sep 2020 05:13 | 34
Software
Ethernet failure on Swiss business jet prompted emergency descent, say aviation safety bods
Solution? A software update, natch
24 Sep 2020 10:45 | 92
Networks
Did this airliner land in the North Sea? No. So what happened? El Reg probes flight tracker site oddity
All is well. Unless you trust everything you see on the internet
18 Sep 2020 14:26 | 61
DEF CON
Pen Test Partners: Boeing 747s receive critical software updates over 3.5" floppy disks
Industry binning old aircraft is an opportunity for aviation infosec
10 Aug 2020 14:01 | 95
Science
You wait ages for a mid-air collision spoofing attack and along come two at once: More boffins take a crack at hoodwinking TCAS
Easy to fool safety system, in theory – in practice, well...
30 Jun 2020 00:58 | 20
Special report
Fasten your seat belts: Brave Reg hack spends a week eating airline food grounded by coronavirus crash
Mmmm... microwaved protein chunks in spiced slurry – with rating by top analyst
25 Jun 2020 06:57 | 104
Bootnotes
EU aviation wonks give all-electric training aeroplane the green light – but noob pilots only have 50 mins before they have to land it
So don't expect to go very far
11 Jun 2020 13:15 | 93
On-Prem
Boeing brings back the 737 Max but also lays off thousands
And still no sign of safe software or approval to fly
28 May 2020 08:17 | 116
Security
Sweet TCAS! We can make airliners go up-diddly-up whenever we want, say infosec researchers
Pen Test Partners probes auto collision avoidance system
04 May 2020 19:15 | 41
Security
Fancy that: Hacking airliner systems doesn't make them magically fall out of the sky
Study finds most A320 pilots shrug, ignore dodgy systems and land safely
04 Mar 2020 11:30 | 94
Software
Deadly 737 Max jets no longer a Boeing concern – for now: Production suspended after biz runs out of parking space
That kill-everyone-onboard flaw that was supposed to be fixed by now? Yep, still an issue
17 Dec 2019 01:48 | 116
Security
That was some of the best flying I've seen to date, right up to the part where you got hacked
Raytheon has a punt at aviation security with bus software suite
07 Oct 2019 17:15 | 36
Bootnotes
Wake me up before you Gogo ... so I can jump out: Kenyan MP takes on aeroplane flatulence
Further investigation suggests she may actually have a point
15 Sep 2019 12:01 | 82
DEF CON
US military swoops into DEF CON seeking a few good hackers for debut aviation pwning village
Faulty F-15s, at-risk airbases and much more
12 Aug 2019 16:01 | 18
Feature
Will that old Vulcan's engines run? Bluebird jet boat team turn to Cold War bomber
Static display jet last ran in 1983
02 Jul 2019 08:15 | 143
Software
You're not Boeing to believe this, but... Another deadly 737 Max control bug found
Sim uncovers code-triggered hardware failure that pitches jetliner nose down
27 Jun 2019 00:04 | 229
Networks
Mystery GPS glitch grounds flights, leaves passengers in the bar
The Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system is not happy. Not happy at all
11 Jun 2019 10:07 | 57
Bootnotes
Heathrow Airport drops £50m on CT scanners to help smooth passage through security checks
Leave your lappy in the bag at every UK terminal from 2022
06 Jun 2019 14:16 | 42
Video
The plane, it's 'splained, falls mainly without the brain: We chat to boffins who've found a way to disrupt landings using off-the-shelf radio kit
DoS cyber-attacks are not just for websites, they may also be for aircraft ILS
16 May 2019 21:03 | 35
Special report
I've had it with these mother-fscking slaps on this mother-fscking plane: Flight fight sparks legal brouhaha over mid-air co-ords
I slapped you in Nebraska, sunshine, not California
17 Apr 2019 10:55 | 126
Science
EU aren't kidding: Sky watchdog breathes life into mad air taxi ideas
EASA's writing rules for them after 'a number of requests'
16 Oct 2018 04:57 | 51
Bootnotes
Boeing embraces Embraer to take off in regional jet market
100-seaters are now a duopoly, too, so please don’t mention the trade war
06 Jul 2018 04:01 | 36
Interview
'Plane Hacker' Roberts: I put a network sniffer on my truck to see what it was sharing. Holy crap!
FBI botherer picks apart state of transport security
04 Jul 2018 09:10 | 146
Security
Please tighten your passwords and assume the brace position, says plane-tracking site
Data breach at Flightradar24 scored some email addresses and hashed passwords
21 Jun 2018 07:30 | 28
On-Prem
First A380 flown in anger to be broken up for parts
Owner can’t find anyone to fly the thing profitably
12 Jun 2018 06:29 | 123
Bootnotes
Airbus windscreen fell out at 32,000 feet
Bits of flight deck sucked out of Sichuan Airlines A319, which landed safely with two injuries
15 May 2018 05:58 | 140
Security
Shining lasers at planes in the UK could now get you up to 5 years in jail
Freshly passed law means intent is no longer important
11 May 2018 08:02 | 92
Science
Don’t fight automation software for control, just turn it off. FAST
Report into fatal air accident shows machines can't be trusted to negotiate a crisis
17 Apr 2018 07:38 | 118
Poll
Airbus plans beds in passenger plane cargo holds
Small problem: world faces big shortages of air freight capacity
11 Apr 2018 04:58 | 134
Legal
Digital air traffic control upgrade puts potential delays on London flights
Replacement for paper-pushing system 'very carefully phased'
06 Apr 2018 13:25 | 24
On-Prem
EUROCONTROL outage causes flight delays across Europe
5 hours downtime in 17 years is pretty good – but moaning about late planes trumps all
04 Apr 2018 07:06 | 34
Bootnotes
Boeing ships its 10,000th 737
Airlines want another 4,600 of the single-aisle workhorse that debuted in 1967
15 Mar 2018 08:02 | 36
On-Prem
Long haul flights on a one-aisle plane? Airbus thinks you’re up for it
240-seat A321LR takes to the skies with 7,400km range
05 Feb 2018 07:30 | 138
Comment
Fancy coughing up for a £2,000 'nanodegree' in flying car design?
You can muck about with Python and flight sims at home. For free
26 Jan 2018 13:18 | 63
Science
NASA is sniffing jet fuel over Germany
Ancient DC-8 will try to figure out if biofuel’s a sick burn for contrails. NOT chemtrails, OK?
23 Jan 2018 08:33 | 88
On-Prem
A380 saved as Emirates orders another 20 planes, plus 16 options
Airbus says it’ll keep building the behemoth of the skies into the 2030s
19 Jan 2018 05:01 | 45
On-Prem
Airbus warns it could quit A380 production
Needs to make six to eight a year, predicts it can get back to 25 a year once airlines wake up
16 Jan 2018 06:57 | 141
Bootnotes
'Sticky runway' closes Canadian airport
Don't laugh: Goose Bay strip is where an A380 landed after its engine blew up in September
10 Nov 2017 03:01 | 47
Science
American upstart seeks hotshot guinea pig for Concorde-a-like airliner
Ex-military supersonic daredevil? Come hither...
07 Nov 2017 18:33 | 55
On-Prem
Aviation industry hits turbulence as Airbus buys into Bombardier’s new jetplanes
Partners now have trade wars to fly around
17 Oct 2017 07:29 | 62
Legal
Drone smacks commercial passenger plane in Canada
Everyone safe, except drone pilot who ignored local rules
16 Oct 2017 01:03 | 158
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