The thrust reversers have come under renewed scrutiny because the EgyptAir 767-300ER that crashed Sunday was built alongside the 767-300ER that crashed in May 1991 in Thailand after the thrust ...

A STUDY of various stopping methods indicated, it is explained, that reverse thrust would have to be developed for jet engines if jet transports are to have satisfactory operational flexibility.

He said the U.S. government had required proof the 767 could fly with a thrust reverser deployed before certifying it. The reversers deflect the hot air thrust from jet engines to act as a brake.

A piece of kit called a diverter or “reverse bucket” on some jet boats can be placed over the nozzles to create reverse thrust. Jet boats are speedy and nippy little things that can power along ...

A thrust reverser on the plane which crashed in Brazil, killing some 200 people, had been deactivated during maintenance checks, the airline says. The reversers can be used to help jets slow down on ...

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Reverse thrust is also an important factor when landing in ice or snow. Q: My flight was canceled due to snow at the airport, but many other flights are departing. Why? — Submitted via email ...

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- A disconnected thrust reverser emerged as a possible factor in a Brazilian jetliner overshooting the runway, but the political heat intensified yesterday after an official ...

Brazilian officials say a thrust reverser designed to slow a plane down after landing was shut off prior to the crash of a TAM jetliner that killed at least 188 people on Tuesday.

Damaged left thrust reverser of the accident jet. Credit: NTSB Two weeks after the March 2019 crash involving an IAI Westwind in Yukon, Oklahoma, two people who were familiar with jet told the ...

Hours after Globo TV revealed the thrust reverser problem, TAM confirmed it had been properly deactivated and that government procedures allow jets in such condition to fly if they are inspected ...