The New Cockpit Threat
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
Forget Canada geese. Pilots have a new menace: boredom. Clive Irving on why today's automated cockpits could cause more incidents like the Northwest flight that overshot its target by 120 miles.
How Turbulence Can Turn Deadly
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
The emergency landing of a Houston-bound flight today due to turbulence that put four passengers in serious condition highlights a hidden threat of flying, writes Daily Beast aviation expert Clive Irving.
Picking Up Pieces From a Midair Explosion
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
From popped rivets to a shredded oxygen mask: The Daily Beast's aviation expert decodes new evidence in the ongoing investigation of Air France Flight 447's mysterious crash.
The Myth of the Black Box
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
While searchers scour the Atlantic Ocean for Flight 447's black box, Clive Irving explains how aviation came to depend on this idiosyncratic recording method-and why the Air France debacle proves we need to give it up.
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