Why do flight attendants always ask passengers to open their window shades before takeoff and landing? While it may seem like ...

German airline Lufthansa said several employees were injured Thursday after the nose gear of a Boeing jet suddenly gave way while the aircraft was parked at a gate ...

Air travel is one of the safest things in the world. According to the International Air Transport Association’s recent safety ...

Hate getting delayed at the airport? Here are five airports where that’s least likely to happen and five with the worst track ...

The plane crashed and exploded in a paddock, with the pilots pulling himself from the wreckage before crawling for help.

If the pilot is behind the airplane—for example, forgetting to go through checklist items such as landing gear down—a ...

WOODLAKE, Calif. (KFSN) -- A federal agency is now taking over an investigation into Saturday morning's fiery Tulare County plane crash. The Tulare County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Sunday morning ...

Two emergency aircraft landings were reported in Arizona this month, including one that struck a pole after landing on a Tucson road, according to local authorities and federal aviation officials. The ...

New technology allowing audio of plane crashes to be extracted from still images has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to take a rare step of pausing the public release of nearly all ...