Tim Hepher

How excess speed, hasty commands, and flawed software doomed an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX

How excess speed, hasty commands, and flawed software doomed an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX

A damaged sensor was feeding faulty data to a stall-prevention system, and excess speed made it difficult for pilots to regain control.

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Emirates wants summit on 'outrageous' attack

MH17 FREE It says airlines won't tolerate being targets in unrelated conflicts.

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Cost rows overshadow safety response to MH370

MH370 Poor tracking can increase the time and costs for recovery.

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Europe safety chief backs flight-tracking after MH370

MH370 Pressure for improved tracking has increased since MH370 vanished.

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Red herring in MH370 hunt highlights air traffic flaws

MH370 Wasted effort while controllers looked in the wrong country.

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MH370 recovery to stretch limits of technology

MH370 They are searching blindfolded in one of the murkiest and noisiest spots.

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Currents, winds can obstruct black box search

MH370 The black box is the only real hope of understanding what happened.

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777 mystery sharpens hunt for black-box alternatives

The search for the missing jet could speed development of new ways of locating wreckage.

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Lion Air crash pilot felt jet 'dragged' from sky

Initial debriefings, witness comments and weather reports have focused attention on the possibility of 'wind shear' or a downdraft from storm clouds.

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