One of the most influential cockpit levers on a jet’s take-off is the flap handle. Hinged panels at the wing’s trailing and leading edges transform a sleek airfoil into a low-speed lift sail.

In 2024, multiple reports have emerged of Boeing aircraft bursting tires or ditching wheels mid-flight, exacerbating the intense scrutiny already placed on the aerospace giant regarding the safety of ...

We asked a pilot and a flight attendant to weigh in.

A flight to China was cut short after the aircraft caught on fire after it hit a bird soon after takeoff in Rome, airport officials said. The engine of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner operated by China's ...

Two occupants of a failed airplane-takeoff walked away from the accident unscathed Tuesday afternoon at the Logan-Cache Airport. According to Airport Manager Bob Low, the airplane sustained ...

A tire fell off a United Airlines plane taking off from San Francisco International Airport Thursday morning and landed in a nearby parking lot, damaging several vehicles, officials said. The tire ...

In late 1965, at what’s now London Heathrow airport, a commercial flight coming from Paris made history by being the first to land automatically. The plane – A Trident 1C operated by BEA, which would ...

IATA: Pre-Takeoff Idle Aircraft Burning High Amounts Of Fuel is published in Aviation Daily, an Aviation Week Intelligence ...

A flight from London to Orlando had to turn around after passengers discovered that some cabin windows were missing panes after takeoff. The flight leaving Oct. 4 from London Stansted Airport headed ...

A plane that crashed into a Coral Springs lake on Nov. 10 with a Christian pastor and his 22-year-old daughter was filled ...

MELBOURNE, Fla. — On Friday, numerous first responders were seen on the runway at Melbourne-Orlando International Airport as an aircraft departed for Birmingham, UK and aborted its takeoff. Plane ...

Chrissy Teigen is grateful to be alive after documenting her “worst nightmare” on an airplane during takeoff. “We just had something called an ‘erroneous takeoff,’” Teigen, 38, told fans in an ...