Carrier will exceed the requirements resulting from the 1998 crash off Nova Scotia Swissair is redesigning the cockpit electrical distribution systems in its Boeing ...

With data from flight and cockpit recorders sometimes lost or irretrievable following a crash, should airlines begin transmitting such data in real time to ground stations? After I watched a rough cut ...

An electrical spark in wiring of an in-flight entertainment system likely started the fire that brought down Swissair Flight 111 four years ago, and pilots had no chance to save the 229 people on ...

Transport Canada wants US and European regulators to agree action over fire hazards exposed in the Swissair 111 Boeing MD-11 disaster inquiry. In December the Transportation Safety Board of Canada ...

The painstaking investigation of the crash of Swissair Flight 111 in 1998 and the deaths of all 229 on board is the topic of a “Nova” special airing at 7 p.m. Tuesday on KOED, channel 11.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- An electrical spark in wiring of an in-flight entertainment system likely started the fire that brought down Swissair Flight 111 four years ago, and pilots had no chance to ...

After years of legal skirmishes, Canadians can finally hear the gripping soundtrack for one of the country's worst aviation disasters. The Swissair Flight 111 air traffic control tapes, kept under ...