Tourists returning home with secret superbugs
Overseas travellers are returning to Australia oblivious to a superbug time bomb lurking in their gut. The bugs could be...
Bali hijack scare puts airline procedures under scrutiny
Virgin Australia has stood by its handling of a situation involving a disruptive passenger aboard a flight to Bali on Fr...
"Drunk" passenger behind Virgin Australia hijack scare
Reports of an attempted hijacking aboard a Virgin Australia flight to Bali on Friday were the result of a “miscomm...
US teen survives flight in aircraft wheel well
A US teenager is lucky to be alive after surviving a bone-chilling, low oxygen flight from California to Hawaii in a jet...
Thai Airways trials plastic cutlery
Thai Airways International is mulling a switch to plastic cutlery following a mid-flight brawl in which one passenger su...
Airline safety insights revealed as MH370 search continues
The number of fatalities from commercial aviation accidents dramatically fell in 2013, according to new statistics that ...
Safety flaws discovered on cruise liners
US maritime inspectors found leaky lifeboats or faulty fire doors on several cruise liners last year in the wake of seve...
Pilots' mental health a concern
Reinforced doors with keypad entries. Body scanners and pat-downs. Elaborate crew manoeuvres when a pilot has to use the...
Boeing 787 meets safety levels: report
The US Federal Aviation Administration says a joint review with Boeing has found that the 787 Dreamliner's design, m...
Safety queries raised over MAS missing aircraft
The missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner was not subject to a recent safety directive regarding Boeing 777s, the...
Do you trust Smartraveller?
It might be the number one aspiration of the masses but travel is an undeniably dangerous pursuit. Illness, misadventure...
Bear Grylls tackles in-flight safety
Air New Zealand passengers will get a lesson in air safety from British adventurer Bear Grylls, as a new video featuring...
Safety thumbs up for Air NZ
Finnair has emerged as the safest airline in the world with Air New Zealand in second place, but Qantas failed to even m...
Airbus A380 checks extended
The European Air Safety Agency (EASA) has extended checks to all 68 A380s in service following the discovery of cracks o...