Aviation and Airport

AVIATION SAFETYWhen the Threat Is Inside the Cockpit
The four passengers who entered Flight FZ1073’s cockpit acted with courage. The dentist treated a wounded captain. The plumber held the controls of an aircraft he had never flown. The off-duty pilots took over before the descent became irreversible. Above all, the captain opened the door. A system worthy of that courage should not depend on the same improbable sequence of luck next time.
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CONSPIRACY THEORIESWithin 48 Hours of FlyDubai Incident, at Least 25,000 X Posts Pushed Conspiracy Theories
Details of what precisely transpired WEre still emerging, and conspiracy theories blaming Jews or alleging that this attack was a “false flag” quickly began to circulate.
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AVIATION SECURITYResearchers Use a Physical Device to Take Over Electronics in a Boeing 737
By Ioana Patringenaru
Computer science researchers developed and tested a device that, if plugged into a hardwired communications channel connecting two key flight computers, can take over communications between these computers.
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CHINA WATCHSkyscraper Mystery: What Beijing Doesn't Want You to Know
On Friday, a small single-engine aircraft slammed into the upper floors of the CITIC Tower — Beijing’s tallest skyscraper and one of the tallest buildings in the world. Within hours of impact, China’s vast censorship apparatus went to work. All references to the incident — videos, posts, eyewitness photos — were purged from Weibo, WeChat, and other Chinese social media platforms. The question everyone is asking — was this a 9/11-style attack or a tragic accident? — remains officially unanswered.
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IMMIGRATIONDHS Threatens to Halt Customs Processing at Airports in Sanctuary Cities
By Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square
Major airports across the country could soon freeze customs processing and cancel all international flights if sanctuary cities continue bucking federal immigration enforcement operations.
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DRONESWho Has Authority to Deal with Drones? In Most of Europe, That’s Unclear
By James Reeves
Europe’s growing drone problem is a governance problem. The hardware exists. What is missing, across most of the continent, is the legal authority to deploy it, the jurisdictional clarity to coordinate it, and the political will to mandate either.
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AIRPORT SECURITYWalk-Through Screening System Enhances Security at Airports Nationwide
By Ariana Tantillo
A new security screener that people can simply walk past may soon be coming to an airport near you. Last year, U.S. airports nationwide began adopting HEXWAVE to satisfy a new Transportation Security Administration (TSA) mandate for enhanced employee screening to detect metallic and nonmetallic threats.
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AVIATION SAFETYNew Technology is Keeping the Skies Safe
DHS S&T Baggage, Cargo, and People Screening (BCP) Program develops state-of-the-art screening solutions to help secure airspace, communities, and borders
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AVIATION SAFETYActions from Federal Government Needed to Alleviate Air Traffic Controller Staffing Shortages at Many Facilities: Report
The current shortage of staff at air traffic control facilities is attributable to past hiring constraints and a misallocated workforce, the effects of which may be exacerbated by current inefficiencies in shift scheduling, says a new report.
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AVIATION SAFETYNew Tech Will Make Our Airplanes Safer
By Yulia Karra
Odysight.ai’s technology allows for constant monitoring of aircraft, sending alerts in case of malfunctions that could lead to accidents.
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REAL IDSecurity Theater REALized and Flying without REAL ID
By Alexis Hancock
After multiple delays of the REAL ID Act of 2005 and its updated counterpart, the REAL ID Modernization Act, in the United States, the May 7th deadline of REAL ID enforcement has finally arrived. Does this move our security forward in the skies?
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REAL IDReal ID Is Useless, Unconstitutional, and Finally Here
By Patrick G. Eddington
At its core, the mentality behind REAL ID is that every American is a potential airline terrorist first and a citizen of the Republic a very distant second. Among other problems, a REAL ID requirement potentially creates an end-run around direct regulation of the right to travel. REAL ID obliterates the idea of freedom of travel, which is why it should be abolished.
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INFRASTRUCTUREHeathrow Power Outage Exposes Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
The cause of Thursday’s power outage at Heathrow Airport, the result of a fire at the North Hyde electrical substation, is still not known, but it has highlighted several vulnerabilities in the U.K.s infrastructure.
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AIRPORT SECURITYReimagining Imaging at the Airport
The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are collaborating on Advanced Imaging Technology to improve the passenger screening experience.
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AVIATION SECURITYU.S. Grounds All Flights to Haiti for a Month After Planes Hit by Gunfire
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered the cancellation of all flights to Haiti for a month after two jets of U.S. airline companies were hit by gunfire while flying over Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince.
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