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IATA 2025 Safety Report: accident rate improves to 1.32 per million flights, but fatalities rise

IATA's 2025 Annual Safety Report records an all-accident rate of 1.32 per million flights (one per 759,646), with 51 accidents across 38.7 million flights, down from 1.42 in 2024. Fewer accidents masked a rise in fatalities; Africa and North America saw higher accident rates while the Middle East remained safest.

2026-03-09T06:08:34.736335-07:00

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White House fires NTSB member who led public response to D.C. midair collision

2026-03-09T06:39:42.759528-07:00

Reuters

NATO shoots down second Iranian ballistic missile over Turkey; Ankara warns it may respond

2026-03-09T05:18:18.113054-07:00

SpaceNews.com

GNSS resilience emerges as an economic and national‑security priority

2026-03-09T06:02:22.392525-07:00

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Court postpones decision on Air Antilles' future A court has postponed its decision on the future of Air Antilles, leaving the carrier's legal status and potential return to service unresolved. The delay extends uncertainty for regulators, customers and stakeholders while further hearings and evidence are prepared before a final ruling.

2026-03-09T08:38:11.965518-07:00

Court postpones decision on Air Antilles' future

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White House fires NTSB member who led public response to D.C. midair collision An NTSB member who became the agency’s public face after last year’s fatal midair collision over Washington, D.C., was apparently fired by the White House late last week. The dismissal removes a visible board member amid continuing scrutiny of the crash investigation.

2026-03-09T06:39:42.759528-07:00

White House fires NTSB member who led public response to D.C. midair collision

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IATA 2025 Safety Report: accident rate improves to 1.32 per million flights, but fatalities rise IATA's 2025 Annual Safety Report records an all-accident rate of 1.32 per million flights (one per 759,646), with 51 accidents across 38.7 million flights, down from 1.42 in 2024. Fewer accidents masked a rise in fatalities; Africa and North America saw higher accident rates while the Middle East remained safest.

2026-03-09T06:08:34.736335-07:00

IATA 2025 Safety Report: accident rate improves to 1.32 per million flights, but fatalities rise

SpaceNews.com

GNSS resilience emerges as an economic and national‑security priority Dependence on GNSS across critical infrastructure makes navigation and timing resilience an economic imperative and national‑security priority, driving industry and governments to focus on signal integrity, jamming/spoofing mitigation, and development of layered alternative PNT capabilities to protect commerce, aviation and defence operations.

2026-03-09T06:02:22.392525-07:00

GNSS resilience emerges as an economic and national‑security priority

Reuters

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NATO shoots down second Iranian ballistic missile over Turkey; Ankara warns it may respond NATO air defences shot down a second ballistic missile fired from Iran after it crossed into Turkish airspace, Ankara said. Turkey warned it reserves the right to respond to hostile actions, a development that raises the risk of the Alliance being drawn more directly into the Middle East conflict.

2026-03-09T05:18:18.113054-07:00

NATO shoots down second Iranian ballistic missile over Turkey; Ankara warns it may respond

Vertical Mag

Moog’s Genesys GRC 4000 four‑axis autopilot receives FAA TSOA The FAA has granted Technical Standard Order Authorization to Moog’s Genesys GRC 4000 four‑axis autopilot. The TSOA allows certified installations on U.S.-regulated aircraft, accelerating OEM and aftermarket retrofit approvals and simplifying integration with automated flight‑control and autonomy systems for light and medium platforms.

2026-03-09T04:53:02.594630-07:00

Moog’s Genesys GRC 4000 four‑axis autopilot receives FAA TSOA

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Qatari airspace closure halts scheduled services; carriers reposition while Jazeera shifts Kuwait operations to Saudi Qatar Airways suspended scheduled operations after Qatari airspace closed, restarting limited flights from Doha on March 7. Regional carriers are repositioning and rerouting operations — Jazeera Airways will operate from a Saudi airport after losing its Kuwait base, while SriLankan has resumed Riyadh and Dubai services.

2026-03-09T00:54:00.448479-07:00

Qatari airspace closure halts scheduled services; carriers reposition while Jazeera shifts Kuwait operations to Saudi

FlightGlobal

Australia protests 'unsafe' PLA Navy helicopter intercept of RAN MH-60R in Yellow Sea Australia lodged a protest after a PLA Navy helicopter made an 'unsafe and unprofessional' close-range intercept of an RAN MH-60R in the Yellow Sea, forcing the aircraft to take evasive action. The encounter occurred on March 4 during a UN sanctions-monitoring sortie tracking suspected North Korean smuggling.

2026-03-09T00:18:22.661765-07:00

Australia protests 'unsafe' PLA Navy helicopter intercept of RAN MH-60R in Yellow Sea

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IATA 2025 Safety Report: accident rate improves to 1.32 per million flights, but fatalities rise

White House fires NTSB member who led public response to D.C. midair collision

NATO shoots down second Iranian ballistic missile over Turkey; Ankara warns it may respond

GNSS resilience emerges as an economic and national‑security priority

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