More details are emerging about yesterday’s in-flight freakout. Clayton Osbon, the flight captain whose erratic behavior forced an emergency landing in Texas, began “speaking incoherently” in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Charlotte-based reporter Ted Reed covers airlines and airline labor. As airlines prepare to return the Boeing BA 737 Max to ...

Boeing Co. has been forced to ground its 737 MAX aircraft after two of the jetliners were recently involved in deadly crashes in Indonesia and in Ethiopia. Much of the investigative focus has been on ...

A new retrospective on the history of fighter jet cockpit controls moves through 65 years of analog, and later digital, evolution. Thanks to the computer processor and display technologies, pilots can ...

American F-16 Fighting Falcons are getting a new cockpit management unit (CMU) from Avalex as part of the U.S. Air Force’s mobile user objective system (MUOS) program to upgrade the so-called Viper.

If you’ve ever looked into the cockpit of a Boeing or Airbus aircraft, one major difference immediately stands out: Boeing jets use a traditional control yoke, while Airbus aircraft feature a side ...

In a chilling revelation from the preliminary investigation into last month’s tragic Air India AI171 crash in Ahmedabad, authorities have zeroed in on a key cockpit component—the fuel control ...

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