Incidents of controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) remain depressingly high among aircraft without the advantage of enhanced ground proximity warning systems (EGPWS). Frank Daly, president, Air ...

A letter to the editor (AW&ST June 29, p. 8) tries to convince readers that the wheels-up landing of a C-17 was other than 100% pilot error. Regardless of the ...

In the late 1980s the U.S. Navy decided to develop its own ground proximity warning system to prevent flight into terrain. Eventually, the service designed its own terrain awareness warning system, ...

Imagine not exploiting a weapon that could win a war while reducing casualties, or not fully using a technology that could win a campaign for greater air safety. With respect to air safety, improved ...

GPWS is designed to alert pilots if their aircraft is in immediate danger of flying into the ground. How does the Ground Proximity Warning System in an aircraft work? Ground Proximity Warning System ...

About a month ago, an A320 aircraft operated by Air Arabia (Morocco) reportedly lost altitude shortly after taking off from Italy, triggering the aircraft's GPWS, before the aircraft recovered and ...