The turbulent air above a wildfire is punishing to aircraft structures. The excessive and frequent loads place an inordinate number of loading cycles on an aircraft, leading to accelerated crack ...

In its investigative update, the NTSB reports fatigue cracking in the left engine pylon of UPS Flight 2976, a key clue in the ...

The probable cause of the American Airlines Flight 587 crash on Nov. 12, 2001, was "in-flight separation of the vertical stabilizer as a result of the loads beyond ultimate design that were created by ...

Scientists worked to ensure fleet safety after a large crack was unexpectedly found near the cockpit of a T-38 Talon. A new study describes how risk and damage tolerance analyses helped determine a ...

The National Transportation Safety Board said Boeing knew of previous failures in a structural component that broke on a UPS ...

Boeing's troubled 777X program has suffered another significant blow with the discovery of a cracked structural component, forcing the company to halt flight tests. The issue, found during routine ...

Inside the massive testing hangars across Seattle and Everett, the world's biggest jetliners are turned into mechanical lab rats. Hydraulic actuators yank their wings skyward, compressors simulate ...