Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range (VOR) stations are ground-based radio beacons that have historically guided aircraft navigation since the 1930s by transmitting signals that allow aircraft ...

Investigators have found that a Mahan Air crew's incorrect interpretation of navigation data, reinforced by poor cockpit communication, led an Airbus A310-300 to descend to an extremely low altitude ...

Authority reacts to incident in which British Mediterranean Airways flight to Addis Ababa avoided ridge by 50ft After a serious incident in which a British Mediterranean Airways Airbus A320 missed a ...

Crossair has decided to increase minima for approaches into Zurich's Runway 28 following the recent Avro RJ-100 crash that killed 24. Crossair said that its aircraft will only use the VOR-DME approach ...

Switzerland's civil aviation authorities are trying to determine why a Crossair Avro RJ went down near Zurich-Kloten during a nighttime VOR-DME approach. Twenty-four of 33 passengers and crewmembers ...