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Occupational and Aviation Medicine Unit, University of Otago

The world's leading provider of distance education in Occupational and Aviation Medicine. Contact us at [email protected] for more details.

We offer a range of courses for doctors, nurses and paramedics specialising in Occupational Medicine, Aeromedical Retrieval and Transport and Aviation Medicine. Qualifications include certificates, post-graduate diplomas, Masters by course work and research and PhD.

30/08/2026

https://www.thedailybeast.com/delta-pilot-pleads-for-help-before-making-emergency-landing/

Delta Air Lines Flight 437 was carrying 147 passengers from Los Angeles to Boston.

26/08/2026

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/26/frankfurt-airport-employee-dies-after-contracting-malaria-operator-fraport-says

The cause of the infections is believed to be a mosquito that travelled by plane from a malaria-endemic area to Germany, likely in July.

23/08/2026

https://dangerousminds.net/weird-news/both-pilots-a320-plane-fall-asleep-at-36000-feet/

A look at how both pilots of a plane with 153 passengers on it can fall asleep for nearly half an hour and what the aftermath was after they landed.

16/08/2026

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/15/travel/premium-airplane-seats-problems-regulations

Airlines are building business-class suites so complex and heavily customized that safety regulators can’t approve them in time — potentially leaving brand-new luxury cabins flying completely empty.

16/08/2026

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/air-india-phuket-delhi-flight-pilot-with-marijuana-in-his-bloodstream-was-also-on-sleep-medication-11899451

An Air India aircraft carrying 137 passengers and eight crew members from Phuket to Delhi had suddenly lost about 300 feet of altitude on August 4, injuring at least 24 people.

13/08/2026

https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/expert-insights/applying-hfacs-in-aviation-safety-investigations

How HFACS traces aviation incidents like Colgan Air 3407 back to organizational root causes, and how BowTieXP/IncidentXP connect the analysis.

12/08/2026

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/10/us/american-airlines-plane-hits-birds

An American Airline Boeing 737 hit birds while taking off from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Monday, leading to flames shooting from an engine and an emergency landing.

11/08/2026

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/950198/air-india-pilot-undergoes-confirmatory-drug-test-after-flight-plunge

India's aviation ministry said Sunday that an Air India pilot whose flight plunged dramatically in turbulence injuring 17 passengers and crew is undergoing a "confirmatory" psychoactive drug test.

10/08/2026

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/07/travel/maggots-cockroaches-mold-airline-catering-facility

Employees at a Los Angeles airline catering facility, providing meals for major international airlines, have filed a safety complaint alleging exposure to maggots, mold and vermin while they work.

07/08/2026

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/06/science/supersonic-flight-comeback-sonic-boom

Fifty years after a US ban, the door is cracked open again to faster-than-sound travel over land. And experts think they finally have an issue that killed it.

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