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 ...

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 Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), on Friday attributed the survival of all 87 occupants aboard an Arik Air flight that suffered an engine ...

On August 12, 1985, Japan Air Flight 123 departed Tokyo for a routine one-hour flight to Osaka carrying 524 people. Just ...

When Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 experienced a catastrophic structural failure at 16,000 feet on Jan. 5, it was a stark reminder of the enormous responsibility Boeing has as an airplane ...

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 ...

Jet engines are not simply hung under a wing; they are mounted through a deliberately engineered weak-link system designed to protect the aircraft when loads become extreme. That is one reason ...