Here are the clues about why the Delta Air Lines flight flipped upside-down ‘like a giant pancake’
The video suggests Delta Flight 4819 may have been in for a rough landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport before it ...
Amid Crashes, What Passengers Should Know About Airplane Safety
A spate of airplane crashes has raised travelers’ anxieties about flying. Experts say aviation remains comparatively less ...
Opinion
These 3 flight maneuvers seem scary but they're perfectly normal | Cruising Altitude
Aviation professionals I’ve spoken to in recent weeks want travelers to be reassured: Flying is still safe, and procedures like the one our reader mentioned are not only routine, they’re actually ...
Supersonic passenger aircraft may be returning – here’s what that would mean for the climate
Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated ...
28 agencies were authorized to fly helicopters near Reagan Airport before deadly crash
The Army was one of 28 government agencies authorized to fly helicopters near Ronald Reagan National Airport before its Black ...
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Unruly passenger on Frontier Flight tied up, allegedly was 'banging on the windows'
An unruly passenger ... window. HPD reports the man had tried to speak to the woman in front of him before the incident. Several male passengers tacked the man and tied him up for the rest of the ...
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Investigators Examine Altitude Data in Black Hawk and Passenger Jet Collision
The jet’s flight recorder showed its altitude as 325 feet (99 meters), plus or minus 25 feet (7.6 meters). Earlier in the day, crews working in choppy conditions raised a number of large pieces ...
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Black Hawk helicopter was flying too high before DC midair crash with American Airlines flight, NTSB confirms
The maximum altitude for helicopters in the area — which is also a flight path of jets going ... 251 feet and 349 feet of elevation. The passenger plane was flying at 325 feet when the crash ...
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NTSB confirms Black Hawk helicopter was flying 100 feet over altitude limit
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines passenger plane was flying too high, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The flight ...
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Crews recover large portions of plane from Potomac River after deadly collision
Crews have recovered parts of the fuselage and one engine of a passenger plane from the Potomac River following a fatal midair collision near Washington, D.C. Crews have recovered parts of the ...