Known as the Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) or Traffic Alert Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), it is a system ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -- The traffic collision alert that helped avoid a crash between two jets approaching Honolulu International Airport in January triggered the highest, most urgent warning ...

Commercial planes have technology that helps prevent crashes — but it has limitations, which was highlighted by the accident in Washington. By Niraj Chokshi For decades, airlines, regulators, ...

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 ...

The holiday season tends to be a quiet one at the office, straining the skills of the constant newsgatherer. But over the transom this time came a significant piece of news regarding the venerable ...

TCAS, as the technology is known, has helped prevent mid-air collisions but doesn’t send alerts at low altitudes. The crash late Wednesday of American Eagle Flight 5342 near Reagan National Airport ...

Improvements to address what Eurocontrol safety specialists have termed serious issues in traffic alert and collision avoidance (TCAS) system software logic are poised for market introduction to ...

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 ...

Authorities believe everyone on board a passenger plane and a US Army helicopter that collided in mid-air before crashing into a river in Washington DC on Wednesday have been killed. An American ...

TCAS Software Safety Upgrade Counters Deficiencies, ACSS Says Improvements to address what Eurocontrol safety specialists have termed serious issues in traffic alert and collision avoidance (TCAS) ...