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 Flight 447 Fell Intact From the Sky
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
It was no belly-landing, writes aviation expert Clive Irving. Rather, the jet dropped from the stormy sky and ripped into the water with great violence-but the question remains: Why?
Changing Planes Can Kill You
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
In the wake of the Yemen crash, Clive Irving says, don't be fooled: If you are making a long-distance flight on a reputable carrier but are connecting to a smaller airline, check that airline.
Airlines You Should Avoid
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
With yet another plane crash on Monday in what is turning out to be a bad year for air accidents, aviation expert Clive Irving says the E.U.'s "black list" of airlines should be given more credence.
Ground These Planes!
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
Airbus must take extra precaution and fix the A330's faulty instruments-which could have caused Flight 447's crash-in order to prevent another catastrophe.
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.
Flight 447's Deadly Scenario
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
The pilots of the Air France jetliner had only seconds to grasp the grim fate of faulty speed readings, writes aviation expert Clive Irving. And it was already too late.
Who Was Flying Flight 447?
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
During its final minutes, while the jet was flying through a horrendous storm, the crew was content with the autopilot in control. The Daily Beast's aviation expert Clive Irving reports on the fatal error.
Last Words of Flight 447: From a Robot
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
What happened, says Clive Irving, was so sudden and so traumatic that the crew was disabled, perhaps unconscious from G-forces, leaving the computer to send a final burst of data.
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