What 'rush hour' looks like in New York on the TCAS system. (Alamy) Authorities believe everyone on board a passenger plane and a US Army helicopter that collided in mid-air before crashing into a ...

Researchers warn commercial airplane systems can be spoofed impacting flight safety of nearby aircraft. The aircraft safety system known as the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) can ...

A Russian airline pilot flying high over Germany last week got just a few seconds to make a life-or-death decision: follow instructions from his on-board collision avoidance system to climb away from ...

Aviation experts across the U.S. are warning that hackers could create a new risk for fliers: The system used on airplanes to warn pilots of impending collisions is vulnerable to attack. This ...

— -- Question: Hi captain, is it compulsory to have the TCAS (Traffic Collision and Avoidance System) working within the USA and Europe? Can you explain how it works? — submitted by reader ...

Aviation Communication and Surveillance Systems (ACSS) is introducing software upgrades to address what Eurocontrol safety specialists say are serious issues in traffic-alert and collision avoidance ...

SEATTLE — A lone safety inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration who oversees flight operations at Horizon Air has stuck his neck out to insist that the airline’s jets cannot take off with ...

Download the MP3 audio version of this story here, or sign up for The Explainer’s free daily podcast on iTunes. The Brazilian courts ordered the detention of two American pilots on Monday, a few days ...

The FAA expects to release technical guidance later this year that will enable avionics manufacturers to build systems based on new collision-avoidance logic that may eventually replace the traffic ...