WHEN the US Air flight 1016 crashed in 1994 in Charlotte, North Carolina, air traffic controllers knew more about the weather conditions than did the plane's crew. This has led the committee

J C WILSON of the University of Denver has found that the first and only commercially run supersonic airliner - the Concorde - emits loads of sulphur particles in the atmosphere. He says that

A HIGH-altitude Russian spy plane has been donated to western European scientists for studying ozone layer depletion over the Arctic region. Russia will provide the European Science Foundation in

A complete helicopter (prot - can now undergo shake tests India to assess vibration levels pre-test flight responses. Des' by the Structures Division, N Aerospace Labs (NAL),

A joint consortium by 3 Asian nations to build a passenger aircraft may shake the Western stranglehold

The famed Khajuraho temples in Madhya Pradesh could possibly suffer structural damage due to vibrations caused by aircraft movements in the vicinity. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

An ambitious airport project threatens to decimate the rare dolphins that inhabit the waters to the west of Hong Kong

A misplaced cigarette butt on the polyurethane seats in an aircraft, the most inflammable material besides the fuel, could lead to an aerial disaster. But Indian Airlines can cease to worry about the

After years of controlling noise pollution, airports across the globe are now trying to curb water and air defilement