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 ...

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 ...

THE GILL CORPORATION-FRANCE has contract from SONACA to develop and produce machined honeycomb parts for A321 flaps, plus contract extension to supply machined honeycomb parts for A320, A330neo ...

A British plane previously used by the royal family took off on a flight to Florida with 20 people aboard while missing two windows — and reached about 15,000 feet before anyone noticed, offi… ...

Question: If flaps don’t increase lift, then why is a small amount of flaps used in soft-field takeoffs for some aircraft? Answer: Who said flaps don’t increase lift? Flaps do increase lift ...

Corrections and Clarifications: A previous version of this story incorrectly described the Airbus A321 with new livery. The aircraft is part of JetBlue’s existing fleet. Planespotters, get excited.

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.