United Flight 232: Surviving the Unthinkable
On July 19, 1989 an engine explosion left United 232 with no hydraulics and no controls, leading to a crash landing where many of the passengers survived. Now 25 years later we look back at this extraordinary accident and exami...
Family of 7 Killed in Deadliest U.S. Plane Crash This Year
Five children as young as two were among a family of seven who were killed on Saturday evening when their small plane crashed near a local airport in western Alabama, the local coroner confirmed on Sunday.
On This Day in Aviation History: November 8th
The inventor of ailerons is born, a balloon flies from London to Germany, an airliner is shot down in Angola and more...
Or How About We Cut Delta Some Slack?
Well, that power outage turned into a mess. But as much as the "big bad airlines" can disrupt our plans, are we going too hard on Delta?
Air France Flight 447 Voice Recorder Retrieved from Atlantic Ocean Floor
Only a day after finding the plane's black box, the French aviation safety agency BEA on Tuesday announced the discovery and recovery of Air France Flight 447's cockpit voice recorder from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, near...