A commercial airliner can weigh anywhere from 100,000 pounds to over a million pounds. It is astonishing how such gargantuan weight can not only take off from the ground, but also routinely fly long ...

When a plane touches down and immediately soars back up, it might look odd. After all, planes are supposed to land, taxi, and unload passengers. You don't expect them to bounce off the runway like ...

The mechanical issue on the flight from Iowa to Chicago has not been specified at this time An American Airlines plane heading from Iowa to Chicago was forced to make an emergency landing shortly ...

Wingtip vortices, a type of wake turbulence, are rotating air masses created by lift generated at an aircraft's wingtips. They are strongest when the aircraft is heavy, clean (gear and flaps retracted ...

>> MEGAN TROY SPOKE WITH THE PASSENGER ON AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 1478, WHO TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO ENGINE ISSUES. NOW, THEY SAID ON THAT FLIGHT, EVERYTHING WAS ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – If you live on the Northside, watching airplanes take off and land from Jacksonville International Airport can be a fun leisure activity. Intrigued by the idea, I decided to check ...

The plane was flying from Manchester to Corfu, when a diversion had to be made to Milan, where a man was "dragged off" the ...