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Air
Disasters
An index
of international air disasters from 1920 up to the present
day, with crash reports for some of the incidents.
http://www.airlinesafety.com
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Aircraft
Crashes Record Office
Global
air accident news, information and statistics. 
http://www.baaa-acro.com/
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AirDisaster.com
Aviation
safety site containing an accident photo gallery, public discussion
forums and comprehensive daily news updates.
http://www.airdisaster.com/
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Airline
Safety Online
Airline
safety updates delivered via email each morning.
http://www.crashpages.com/index.shtml
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AirlineSafety.com
Unbiased
discussion of airline safety policies and issues.
http://www.airlinesafety.com/
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Airline
Smoking Policies
Find out
which airlines allow smoking onboard and which don't.
http://hem2.passagen.se/fungus/airlines.html
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Airsafe.com
Check out
the airlines which have suffered no fatal events, the ones
which have, fatal events by aircraft type and other such statistics.
http://www.airsafe.com/
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Airsafetyonline.com
This site
contains an airline report card charting the safety record
of major world airlines, a discussion of how safe air travel
really is, air carrier safety bulletins, and lots more, to
help put your mind at rest about air travel.
http://www.airsafetyonline.com/safetycenter/
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Aviation
Fires
Fire, smoke,
aviation and survival - the grim facts. The site also plugs
a smoke hood called Evac-u8.
http://members.dencity.com/thinking/
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Aviation
Safety
The site
questions the American Government's ability to effectively
maintain aviation safety standards, given that Congress, which
ultimately controls the FAA, also receives millions of dollars
in campaign funds from airlines and aircraft manufacturers.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/9499/index.html
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Aviation
Safety Network
The latest
tally of fatal air accidents and other such statistics.
http://aviation-safety.net/index.shtml
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Aviation
Safety Network
This section
of the site contains information and links regarding the possible
dangers of the use of portable electronic devices (PED) in-flight.
http://aviation-safety.net/events/ped/ped-case.htm
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Baby
B'Air Inflight Garment
A special
harness that secures your child to your lap belt and prevents
it from being injured by sudden turbulence during a flight.
http://www.babybair.com/
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Banned
Airlines.org
Keeps a
global tally of airlines that were blacklisted at one time
or another.
http://www.bannedairlines.org/
http://www.blacklistedairlines.org/
http://www.etn.nl/bannedairlines/
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BAZL
An official
website that lists airlines prohibited to land in Switzerland.
http://www.aviation.admin.ch/aktuell/fluggesellschaften/index.html?lang=en
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Civil
Aviation Authority
A free
air travel sagety booklet that you can download in PDF format.
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/3/PAS_travelsafely.pdf
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Climate
Care
Use
this site to calculate your greenhouse gas emissions from
flying, driving and energy use.
http://www.climatecare.org/
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Corporate
Travel Safety
Advice
on everything from avoiding airport thefts and scams to surviving
a plane crash.
http://www.corporatetravelsafety.com/TRAVEL
SAFETY TIPS.htm
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CrashDatabase.com
A fully
searchable online database of virtually every commercial airline
accident in history.
http://www.crashdatabase.com/
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Department
for Transport
The page
details countries and airlines that have been refused an Air
Operators Certificate by the British government, because of
lax regulation by their aviation authority.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_aviation/documents/page/dft_aviation_026674.hcsp
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Department
for Transport
UK airport
security guide.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/airtravel/airportsecurity/
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DGAC
Find out
which airlines have been banned from opertaing in France for
safety reasons at this official government website. French
language.
http://www.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/html/oservice/comp_interd.htm
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Eurocontrol
The homepage
of the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation,
which is working to build a pan-European air traffic control
system.
http://www.eurocontrol.int/
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European
Aviation Safety Agency
The EASA
helps to promote the highest standards of civil aviation safety
in the EU.
http://www.easa.eu.int/
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European
Commission
A list
of airlines that have been banned from flying into Europe,
because of concerns that they do not meet international safety
standards.
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/list_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/
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ExtraTV.com
A sobering
article on why you should not fly with kids sitting in your
lap, but in their own seat. The piece includes a link to a
protective vest strap, specially designed for child passengers,
called the Baby B'air.
http://extratv.warnerbros.com/reframe.html?http://extratv.warnerbros.com/
dailynews/consumer/06_01/06_08b.html
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EXtraTV.com
An article
discussing the quality of the air that is pumped into aircraft.
http://extratv.warnerbros.com/reframe.html?http://extratv.warnerbros.com/dailynews/
consumer/12_00/12_07c.html
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Federal
Aviation Administration
A guide
to items that the American authorities will not allow you
to carry on board an airplane.
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm
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Federal
Aviation Administration
The FAA's
foreign assessment program looks at how well countries around
the world enforce airline safety and maintenance regulations
on carriers.
http://www.faa.gov/safety/programs_initiatives/oversight/iasa/
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Forseeable
Risk Analysis Center
America's
FRAC was established in 1991 in response to public demand
for a centralized information source on issues of traveller
safety and security. A lot of the material on the site covers
post 9/11 security concerns.
http://www.frac.com/
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Fox
World Travel
Download
documents detailing prohibited items on airplanes.
http://www.gofox.com/tools/tsa/
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Future
Forests
Calculate
your CO2 emissions and learn how to reduce them.
http://www.futureforests.com/
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Global
Air Training
Aviation
security training.
http://www.globalaviation.com/
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How
Stuff Works
A detailed
explanation of how airport security works.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/airport-security.htm
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Inflight
Safety Page
Aircraft
safety information and tips on what to do in an emergency.
http://www.plsys.co.uk/~anna/inflight.htm
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International
Air Transport Association
Find out
which carriers around the world meet IATA's benchmark for
global safety management.
http://www.iata.org/ps/services/iosa/registry.htm
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International
Aviation Safety Association
The website
of a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting airline
safety, which contains advice, research and information contributed
by professionals in the aviation industry, such as pilots,
technicians, lobbyists, lawyers, risk consultants and manufacturers
of airline equipment.
http://www.iasa.com.au/folders/menu/index.htm
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Krug.org
Tips on
how to avoid and survive an aircraft hijacking.
http://www.krug.org/unit/un/hijack.html
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Landings.com
Find out
about FAA alerts on aircraft maintenance, maintenance reports
and other aircraft and airline safety issues at this US site.
http://www.landings.com/
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MSNBC
See how
you fare as a baggage screener by playing this short game,
which has been designed to underline a serious message. Can
you spot all the guns and knives floating by?
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/airport_security/screener/FLASH.htm
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National
Air Disaster Alliance/Foundation
The organizations
stated mission is as follows: to raise the standard of safety,
security and survivability for aviation passengers and to
support victims' families.
http://www.planesafe.org
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National
Transport Safety Board
Aviation
accident statistics and descriptions of more than 46,000 aviation
accidents.
http://www.ntsb.gov/
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Plane
Crash Info.com
A comprehensive
database covering aviation disasters all over the globe.
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/
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Popular
Mechanics
How to
survive an airplane crash.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/worst_case_scenarios/1289341.html
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SafetyBelt
Safe USA
Advice
and resources on safe airplane travel with babies and children.
http://www.carseat.org/
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Service
Public Federal Mobilite et Transports
A Belgian
government site that lists carriers banned from flying to
the country because of safety or maintenance concerns. In
French.
http://www.mobilit.fgov.be/data/aero/foaipef.pdf
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Skyguide
Your guide
to security at American airports.
http://www.sky-guide.com/features/security.html
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Skytrax
- Airlinequality.com
Find out
which airlines rank as the best in a host of different categories.
http://www.airlinequality.com/
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The
National Aviation Safety Data Analysis Center
Provides
the public with access to several of the principle aviation
safety data and information sources used by the federal government
itself.
http://nasdac.faa.gov/
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The
Travel Insider
A guide
to banned carry-on items.
http://www.thetravelinsider.info/info/bannedcarryon.htm
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Ticked.com
This Internet
site, which is dedicated to helping leisure and business travelers
avoid bad trips, contains critical information on travel safety
and crime prevention.
http://www.ticked.com/
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Transportation
Security Administration
A guide
to security procedures at US airports.
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/index.shtm
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Transportation
Security Administration
Security
checkpoint wait times at US airports.
http://waittime.tsa.dhs.gov/
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Travel
Safety Tips
Air travel
and hotel safety tips.
http://worldwatch.airsecurity.com/tips.htm
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Turbulence
Forecast
Offers
maps and forecasts of air turbulence all over the world, though
the emphasis is on the US.
http://www.turbulenceforecast.com/
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Tyke
Tube
An air
safety capsule designed to make an airliner crash impact survivable
by an infant or small child.
http://www.tyketube.com/
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Unusual
Aviation Pictures
Snaps of
aviation mishaps that range from the funny to the downright
scary.
http://www.aviationpics.de/
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Yahoo!
Aviation
security news updates.
http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=business&cat=aviation_safety
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