Video: Watch DC-10 Fire Tanker Nose Dive Over a Mountain
Fire trucks are cool. Airliners are cool, too. Combine the two, using an aircraft type that we don’t get to see much of these days, and you have the DC-10 Fire Tanker. Three of them are in existence (910, 911 and 912), an...
Okay Airways Announces Order for 10 Boeing 737-800s
Beijing-based Okay Airways announced at the Farnborough International Airshow in England that it has ordered 10 Next-Generation 737-800s, in a deal valued at around $800 million.
FAA Air Traffic Control Chief Quits Amidst Sleeping Controllers Firestorm
Hank Krakowski, the head of Air Traffic Organization for the FAA, resigned Thursday following weeks of criticism over reports of sleeping air traffic controllers.
Alaska Wreckage Belongs to Air Force C-124 Globemaster Missing Since 1952
The aircraft wreckage found on a glacier near Anchorage is believed to be a plane that went missing in 1952 with 52 people on board.
Boeing’s Jim Albaugh Abruptly Retires, Ray Conner Becomes CEO of Airliner Unit Immediately
Jim Albaugh, President and CEO of Boeing's Commercial Airplanes unit, announced his retirement on Tuesday. Longtime Boeing exec Ray Conner will replace him effective immediately.