DESPITE continuous advancements in technology, the rise in aeroplane accidents has shaken the aviation industry. Each crash brings back the same pressing concerns: are we truly learning from these ...

Taking its name from “Altairus,” the brightest star in the constellation Aquila, it adopted a blue eagle logo to adorn the ...

"We can't forget about Ham." The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed to USA TODAY that investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the passenger ...

Black box' flight data recorder recovered in DC plane crash The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed to USA TODAY that investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data ...

A Cathay Pacific flight departing Boston was forced to turn around shortly after takeoff following reports of smoke in the cabin and cockpit. Footage posted online purportedly shows smoke ...

Cathay Pacific flight CX811 from Boston to Hong Kong made a "precautionary flight return to Logan International Airport in accordance with standard procedures" shortly after takeoff, the airline said.

Meanwhile, Northrop Grumman is moving more into producing more unmanned systems (the only manned combat aircraft it is producing is the new B-21 Raider, a stealth strategic bomber). Instead of ...

An officer found the pilot “seated in the cockpit performing pre-flight checks,” the incident report by airport police said. It said the pilot gave off ”a strong odor of what seemed to be alcohol” and ...

A Southwest Airlines pilot was removed from the cockpit ahead of a Wednesday flight from Georgia to Chicago and was booked on a charge of driving under the influence, a source familiar with the ...

Fokker Services Group (FSG), a global leader in aircraft maintenance, modifications, and conversions, has received an order from SriLankan Airlines to equip its entire fleet of Airbus A320s and ...

While commercial aircraft manufacturing is dominated by two big players, Boeing and Airbus, the engine industry has a similarly small playing field. Four big companies make up 99% of the global aero ...