Aviation

Supreme Court ruling allows strip searches for any arrest

People do not like being physically humiliated by their government, but law enforcement now has the court’s blessing to strip-search people stopped for minor offenses.

2 Israeli web sites crippled as cyberwar escalates

Israel faced an escalating cyberwar on Monday as unknown attackers disrupted access to the symbolically strategic Web sites of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and El Al, the national airline.

Hackers plan space satellites to combat censorship

Computer hackers plan to take the internet beyond the reach of censors by putting their own communication satellites into orbit.

New 13p security charge for Jersey Airport passengers

The extra 13p will be added to the airport passenger security charge to help pay for improved security arrangements.

NATO drone captured by Iranians using GPS hack?

A senior U.S. official scoffed at claims that Iran “hijacked” the RQ-170 spy drone through a sophisticated attack on a navigational weakness in the secret surveillance craft.

10 tips to sail through airport security

With these 10 tips you can make it confidently through airport security and get to the gate on time.

Man says charges in KC airport bomb hoax ‘absurd’

  Anthony Falco Jr. professed his love for America and at one point mumbled the word “lies” as he was charged with trying to take a fake bomb through a security checkpoint at Kansas City International Airport on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.

New air traffic control system lack money for implementation

The Federal Aviation Administration is creating a new air traffic system that officials say will be as revolutionary for civil aviation as was the advent of radar six decades ago. But the program is at a crossroads.
It’s getting harder to pry money out of Congress. The airline industry is hesitating over the cost of equipping its planes with new technology necessary to use the system. And some experts say the U.S. could lose its lead in the manufacture of high tech aviation equipment to European competitors because the FAA is moving too slowly.

Robert Hersey denies Delta plane door tampering charge

Mr Hersey had been drinking before the flight, a witness said

Volcanic ash air shutdown the ‘right’ decision

Concerns about aircraft safety during the eruption of an Icelandic volcano in 2010 were well founded, according to a new scientific study.