As the aircraft descended through 2,500ft the captain – who was flying – disengaged the autopilot and, some 30s later, asked for the flaps to be set in the full configuration. The inquiry says ...

Vietnamese authorities are said to be investigating why an Airbus A321 was able to continue operating having sustained substantial damage to its aft fuselage, apparently from a forklift vehicle ...

There are other ways to increase an airplane’s drag that have fewer side effects than trailing edge flaps do, and so the major reason for flaps is lift, not drag. Just how they produce that ...

Chapter 6 of the Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge states, "Flaps are the most common high-lift devices used on aircraft. These surfaces, which are attached to the trailing edge of the ...

In the video, the tail of a stationary Turkish Airbus Airbus A321 jet appears to get sheared off after being clipped by the wing of a taxiing Airbus A330 widebody jet Sunday.