27 Dead in Indonesian Plane Crash
A Merpati Airlines passenger plane carrying at least 27 people crashed off Indonesia's West Papua province on Saturday, officials said, adding that a number of bodies have been recovered.
On This Day in Aviation History: May 6th
The Hindenburg Disaster in Lakehurst, New Jersey ends the era of the airship. Several firsts, such as PSA's inaugural flight, United's flights between NY and San Francisco, first flight of the P-47 Thunderbolt, and TWA's delive...
American Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Las Vegas Due to Smoke in Cockpit
An American Airlines flight from Miami to San Francisco made an emergency at McCarran Las Vegas International Airport Friday afternoon after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit.
Video: Boeing 747-8 Extreme Braking Test
How does Boeing test the braking limits on the largest aircraft they've ever built? File the brake pads down to the rivets, load up the plane to nearly a million pounds, gun the engines to 200 mph, then mash the brakes as hard ...
On This Day in Aviation History: May 5th
Cinco de Mayo is a busy day in aviation: Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space, Eastern Flight 855 narrowly averts near Miami, two unrelated hijackings on the same day in 1972, the merger of Air France with KLM and m...