VOR (Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range) stations are ground-based radio beacons that have historically provided primary navigation for aircraft by emitting signals that allow pilots to ...

Dropping off a passenger to visit the new riverboat casino in the Lake of the Ozarks? Hanging out on one of the biggest lake destinations in the middle of the country for a week? Or just needing a ...

Crossair has decided to increase minima for approaches into Zurich's Runway 28 following the recent Avro RJ-100 crash that killed 24. Crossair said that its aircraft will only use the VOR-DME approach ...

Authority reacts to incident in which British Mediterranean Airways flight to Addis Ababa avoided ridge by 50ft After a serious incident in which a British Mediterranean Airways Airbus A320 missed a ...

Investigators have found that a Mahan Air crew's incorrect interpretation of navigation data, reinforced by poor cockpit communication, led an Airbus A310-300 to descend to an extremely low altitude ...

Switzerland's civil aviation authorities are trying to determine why a Crossair Avro RJ went down near Zurich-Kloten during a nighttime VOR-DME approach. Twenty-four of 33 passengers and crewmembers ...