Constantly increasing air travel has brought commercial airlines constantly increasing headaches. And control of the swift traffic aloft is only a part of the problem. With their high speeds and long ...

Nigerian investigators have disclosed that an Allied Air Boeing 737-400 freighter carried out 85% of its landings with a ‘flaps 15’ setting in the six weeks before a gear-collapse and runway excursion ...

Wing flaps are movable surfaces located on the trailing edge of the wings and are typically deployed during specific phases of takeoff and landing. The majority of planes have these, whether jets or ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — An American Airlines flight with 130 passengers diverted to an emergency landing at Meadows Field on Wednesday. The flight was from Dallas to San Luis Obispo and landed in ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A family in Raleigh, North Carolina was in shock upon discovering a plane’s wing flap in their driveway Wednesday morning. The wing came from an aircraft operated by Delta ...