Commercial and even military planes have an Achilles heel that could leave them vulnerable to hackers on the ground, who experts say could conceivably commandeer cockpits and create chaos in the skies ...

One of the world’s most prominent aerospace manufacturers is adding its flight control systems to more electric airplanes. Heart Aerospace, a Swedish manufacturer of regional electric aircraft, on ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Autopilot isn't as "auto" as you might think. There's no robot that sits in the pilot seat and mashes buttons while the real pilot takes a nap. It's ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Roberts had previously met with the FBI in February of this year to discuss vulnerabilities with In Flight ...

Hackers could exploit an airline’s on-board Wi-Fi to take control of the plane, said a government oversight report. Security experts told the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that, if a plane’s ...

Most pilots flying today have access to the aircraft parachute, which allows them to eject and float to the ground in the case of plane trouble. But if the pilot is incapacitated and can’t activate ...

The potential for hackers to compromise and control commercial airliners via their Wi-Fi networks made headlines last week in response to the General Accounting Office’s new 56-page report, “FAA Needs ...

Hackers could exploit several flaws in the Panasonic Avionics In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) system to spoil an airline flight for their fellow passengers. Specifically, actors could abuse the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — A cybersecurity consultant told the ...

Pilot-induced oscillation is a frightening aspect of pitch control of an aircraft. Numerous planes have been set into pilot-induced oscillation due to the phase lag of the human in the loop control.

Flight crews say most commercial planes use ventilation systems that could expose people to toxic fumes. Shannon De Witt said he is one of them. “It’s hell on earth,” he said. De Witt has been on ...