COMMENTARY: NTSB Briefing on Asiana 214
The San Francisco crash of Asiana 214 during perfect VMC conditions (but with the ILS out of service) has prompted many questions. The answers have prompted many more questions about why the Boeing 777 was allowed to crash at all.
Plane Crash at Long Beach Airport Kills Five
At least two people were killed when a King Air crashed near Long Beach International Airport in California.
Qatar Airways Begins Scheduled Service to Philadelphia with the A350
Wearing the livery of Qatar Airways, the first Airbus A350 XWB to begin scheduled service to the United States landed at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) on the morning of Friday, January 1st. Flight 727 arriv...
April 5th in Aviation History: The Death of Howard Hughes, Czechoslovakia’s First Jet Flies
Howard Hughes dies, North Korea launches a satellite, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 crashes in Georgia, and more...
You’re The Captain: Explosive Decompression at 40,000 Feet
Imagine that you're the captain of an airliner, cruising at 40,000 feet, when you experience an explosive decompression. What do you do next to get back on the ground?