Photo: imagebroker / Alamy By David Millward, Transport Editor The British Airline Pilots Association fear the risk of fatigue could increase as a result of changes proposed by the European Aviation Safety Agency. The Agency wants to harmonise limits … Read more at Telegraph.co.uk.

Opinion Where politics and capability collide … Read more at Australian Aviation.

Pilots fear new EU regulations would allow them to land a plane after up to 22 … Read more at Daily Mail.

The many rules air passengers follow might seem petty or pointless, but there are good reasons for them. Photo: Getty Images They can seem draconian, petty and even pointless: the numerous safety rules that apply to airline passengers. … Read more at Sydney Morning Herald.

AP New Zealand authorities are investigating the maintenance of all the country's hot air balloons following a fiery crash last month that killed 11 people. The Civil Aviation Authority says it's urgently reviewing all 73 balloons registered in the … Read more at Nevada Appeal.

SINGAPORE About 55Boeing Co.787 Dreamliner jets may have a recently discovered flaw in the fuselage, the company said Wednesday, while reiterating that the world's first carbon-plastic passenger plane is safe to fly. The news bolsters a growing … Read more at Chicago Tribune.

Stuff.co.nzThe Civil Aviation Authority says it's urgently reviewing all 73 balloons registered in the country after accident investigators found problems with the maintenance of the balloon that crashed. The pilot and the five couples on board the balloon died … Read more at WGME.

Newstalk ZBThe Transport Accident Investigation Commission has urged checks be made immediately into hot air balloon safety. Photo / Thinkstock A hot air balloon that crashed into a Carterton paddock and killed all 11 people on board may not have met maintenance … Read more at New Zealand Herald.

CTV.caBy Erin Mulvaney An airline passenger's outburst on a Houston-bound plane where he shouted about Osama bin Laden and his hatred of women led to federal charges being filed Wednesday. Yazeed Mohammed A. Abunayyan, 19, is charged with interfering with a … Read more at Houston Chronicle.

This modification will exercise the NTE option for the acquisition of a third C-130J-30 aircraft for the government of Israel minus the planning and advance long lead procurement of aircraft components to support the third Israeli aircraft, … Read more at HNN Huntingtonnews.net.