Steve Straughen suffered life-altering injuries when a frac tank he was working on exploded and he was thrown in the air. Now, Straughen has just won a $30 million judgment in Colorado federal court.

It looked like a simple plastic tube, about a yard long. Holding it up at a news conference last year, FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey announced that the agency would soon require all airlines ...

The aircraft manufacturer discovered that its 777 liner has poor electrical insulation near its fuel tank, according to a proposed rule the Federal Aviation Administration posted in March.

In a rare example of quick decisionmaking, the Federal Aviation Administration has floated a proposal to require changes in the wiring and fuel vents of all Boeing 737 aircraft. The plan comes at ...

The Federal Aviation Administration announces plans to order commercial airlines to install a system to reduce the chance of fuel tank explosions ... nearly 4,000 U.S. aircraft will cost the ...

could result in a fuel tank explosion and the consequent loss of an aircraft, which is why the FAA addressed the unsafe condition. Issuing the AD, the FAA has skipped the typical rulemaking ...

The decision affects about 3,800 Boeing and Airbus aircraft operated by domestic airlines. In the past 14 years, there have been three fuel-tank explosions, including the TWA accident, resulting ...