A veteran aviator and flight instructor of commercial passenger jets says the "variable" gusty winds in Toronto as well as ...

A video 44 seconds before the crash does not appear to show the flight crew making an aviation maneuver known as “a flare” — raising the jet's nose to slow it before touch down.

Plane landings are arguably one of the hardest parts of flight to master, and the flare is an important component to ...

Aviation experts say investigators will consider the weather conditions, as well as the possibility of human error or an ...

Investigators are probing the causes of an unusual plane crash at Canada's largest airport on Monday, when a regional jet ...

as the plane is typically traveling at a slower speed. “It’s unfortunate that they hit something,” Grant said. “They had no control once that landing gear failed to maintain their ...

The Delta Air Lines jet came down fast, wobbled so hard that it lost its right wing, and burst into flames on a runway in ...

Next, the pilot should decrease the aircraft’s speed to 10 knots above stall speed ... Seaplanes use floats or pontoons as landing gear for water landings, allowing the aircraft to take off ...

Aviation experts said investigators will consider conditions on the ground, the pilot's actions before landing, and potential problems with the landing gear ... suggests the speed and rate ...