Gallery: Alaska Airlines Paint The Plane Winners
Rebuilding the Perception of Airline Pilots, One Passenger at at Time
Do you think the pilot is to blame when your flight hits turbulence or is delayed? Think again.
Bomb Threats Against Pakistan Airline Force Two Emergency Landings
Two passenger planes operated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) landed safely in Turkey and Malaysia on Wednesday after a bomb threat was received, officials said on Thursday morning.
Boston Bomber Planned Remote Control Plane-Bomb Attacks on Pentagon and U.S. Capitol
A Massachusetts man was arrested and charged Wednesday with plotting to launch airborne bomb attacks on the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
On This Day in Aviation History: September 9th
In 1970, a BOAC VC-10 is hijacked and flown to Jordan, joining 4 other hijacked aircraft; Orville Wright makes a 1-hour flight in 1908; Two Tupolev aircraft collide in 1994 and an Allegheny DC-9 collides with a Piper over Fairl...
Researching Weather and Climate Change at 35,000ft
Over 40 years ago, airliners started being used to collect high altitude air samples for climate research. Today that research continues, and has been expanded to improve weather forecasting and also better understand the effec...