David Evans

1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · David Evans

   I felt safer piloting planes after 9/11. But now terror can lock itself inside the cockpit (opens the original)

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   You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Take yourself back to 9/11. The twin towers of the World Trade Centre are collapsing and yet, despite that apocalyptic scene, the world’s attention suddenly shifts to a hitherto harmless field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United 93 has crashed after a violent struggle in the cockpit between desperate passengers and a terrorist. Tragically, the terrorist prevailed and the world was never the

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2. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · David Evans

   I was lined up to take off in LA and saw the answer to Sydney Airport’s near-miss problem (opens the original)

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   You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. After almost five decades in the aviation business flying to all corners of the globe, I can assure you that some of the most complicated parts of any journey are not the actual flying but the taxiing to and from a busy runway. I was the captain of an A380 lined up on a runway on the north complex of Los Angles (LAX) waiting for my take-off clearance when another aircraft landing on the parallel r

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