Modern cockpit doors are designed to stop hijackers from reaching the pilots, but the emergency involving a flydubai flight has highlighted the difficulty of responding when the threat is already insi ...

Flydubai incident highlights potential for an insider attack ...

Dramatic new video from aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073 has provided the clearest look yet at the desperate battle to save the ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with retired military and commercial airline pilot Ron Alvarado about how pilots are trained to avert interference in the cockpit.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, 25 Sept. 2014. “Visual acuity in the cockpit is a bigger problem than you might think,” describes Bruce S. Maxwell of Luma Technologies during the SAE Aerospace Systems and ...

The FAA has mandated the installation of secondary physical barriers on the flight decks of all new commercial aircraft to prevent intrusion when the main cockpit door is opened during flight. This ...

Thanks to the seemingly unstoppable advance of electronic and mechanical devices, aircraft manufacturers are constantly upgrading the cockpit environment and the passenger cabin, making flying the ...

The increasing complexity and cost of modern aircraft make maintaining pilot proficiency challenging, advocating for cockpit-specific flight simulators as a practical and safer alternative to ...

“I had to shake the pilots.” “We put an Israeli guard on every crew member.” Tal reconstructs the minutes aboard the flydubai ...