Last year was safest ever for commercial aviation new figures from the Aviation Safety Network reveal. Airliner accident statistics from 2017 show there were ten fatal accidents, resulting in 44 fatalities.

London Heathrow airport has issued updated security advice, warning travellers headed for the US any electronic devices must be charged. Passengers may be asked to turn on a device during security checks, with those which fail to do so being confiscated.

Flight Attendants have held a press conference (Thursday, May 16) at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to continue to engage the traveling public in efforts to keep the aircraft cabin free of knives that have been used as weapons. According to a recent Washington Post article “now the chatter is that the TSA may decide to put the new rules into effect over the Memorial Day weekend.” TSA officers have expressed concern not only with the dangers of allowing knives in the security checkpoints and beyond, but also noted that these new procedures would slow security lines.

Passengers passing through Logan Airport in Boston are set to face a new layer of security, with the Transport Security Administration introducing new ‘chat downs’. Essentially a brief conversation with a specially trained agent, the measure has been adopted from Israeli security forces as a way of rooting out potentially dangerous passengers before they board aircraft.

Flight are resuming in Argentina and Chile after a huge volcanic ash brought air space across large part of South America to a standstill. However heavy rain around Puyehue volcano in Chile has prompted fears of mudslides.

An engine door panel fell off a Flybe passenger plane and damaged a wing as it was taking off from Southampton Airport, a new accident report has revealed. The door had not been closed properly but the Dash 8 aircraft returned safely to base and none of the 40 passengers was injured.