[Avionics Magazine 06-27-2016] The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada is recommending new Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) standards after completing an investigation into an air ambulance ...

See a mistake? Contact us. The emergency locator transmitter (ELT) is one piece of equipment pilots often forget about. Checking the battery at the annual inspection is usually the only attention ...

While 121.5/243 MHz ELTs are currently permissible for experimental LSA in the U.S., their signals are no longer satellite-monitored, resulting in slower emergency response times compared to 406 MHz ...

Airbus has committed to equipping all of its in-production aircraft types with line-fit emergency locator technology (ELT) inspired by a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulatory mandate ...

No audio available for this content. New-generation aircraft ELT meets new European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements Photo: Orolia Orolia ...

The crash of a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 charter aircraft in Alaska five years ago on 9 August is remembered mainly for causing the death of US Senator Ted Stevens. But the fatal accident soon focused ...

No audio available for this content. Orolia’s Kannad Ultima-S emergency locator uses the Galileo Return Link Service. (Photo: Orolia) Orolia is introducing a new product for commercial aircraft safety ...

Boeing has asked airlines around the world to inspect Honeywell emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) fitted on over 1,000 aircraft ahead of possible action by airworthiness authorities to address a ...

FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) requiring Boeing 787-8 operators to remove or inspect Honeywell emergency locator transmitters (ELT), citing the July 12 Ethiopian Airlines 787 fire at ...

As others have generally pointed out: - Small aircraft ELT's are battery powered. Generally, you replace the batteries every 2 years. Some are common D cells, others custom battery packs. For US folks ...

Fresh testimony before Parliament has raised troubling questions about the circumstances surrounding the military flight that claimed the life of former Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others, ...