We all remember the advertisements promoting flights in the 1960s: well-dressed people, cigarette in hand, being served a ...

After an hour of waiting at the terminal, you're finally boarding your flight. It's just past midnight, and you're so tired ...

One of the most influential cockpit levers on a jet’s take-off is the flap handle. Hinged panels at the wing’s trailing and leading edges transform a sleek airfoil into a low-speed lift sail.

In late 1965, at what’s now London Heathrow airport, a commercial flight coming from Paris made history by being the first to land automatically. The plane – A Trident 1C operated by BEA, which would ...

In 2024, multiple reports have emerged of Boeing aircraft bursting tires or ditching wheels mid-flight, exacerbating the intense scrutiny already placed on the aerospace giant regarding the safety of ...

A Delta Air Lines passenger jet aborted takeoff this week in Mexico City after its flight crew observed another plane landing in front of it on the same runway. The incident Monday involving Delta ...

Flight attendants may require window shades to be up during takeoff and landing for passenger safety. Open windows let passengers and crew quickly see hazards outside and help first responders assess ...

Two occupants of a failed airplane-takeoff walked away from the accident unscathed Tuesday afternoon at the Logan-Cache Airport. According to Airport Manager Bob Low, the airplane sustained ...

A tire fell off a United Airlines plane taking off from San Francisco International Airport Thursday morning and landed in a nearby parking lot, damaging several vehicles, officials said. The tire ...