A preliminary report said that the fuel was clean and that the plane, which had already made two flights that day, met weight and balance requirements.

Rolls-Royce did not simply bolt a huge engine onto the Airbus A380 and call it a day. The Trent 900 was part of the superjumbo’s DNA from the beginning, a massive powerplant built for the world’s ...

Germany's defense minister says the government needs time to evaluate a bid for a new possible military jet project. A nine-year Franco-German endeavor, the FCAS, collapsed this week. Boris Pistrorius ...

A US-registered Gulfstream G200 private jet bound for Austin exploded after a failed emergency landing at La Romana Airport. Both crew members were killed.

Today on the FRAME, we explore the assembly, maintenance, and repair processes of both commercial and military aircraft engines. From the overhauling of the F135 engine at Tinker Air Force Base to the ...

On May 2, 1953, a de Havilland DH-106 Comet 1 was flying to Delhi, India, when it experienced a midair break-up and exploded. Investigators first blamed stresses on the aircraft caused by a severe ...

IT is every plane passenger’s worst nightmare – a loud explosion, flames coming from the engine and the realisation that you have no escape. And that was the reality for passengers on the British ...

The San Antonio company that worked on a UPS jet in the weeks before it crashed and exploded in Louisville, Ky., has been sued over the disaster again — this time by the wife of one of the pilots, who ...

The aircraft remains grounded pending inspection. A commercial passenger flight operated by Arik Air made an emergency landing in southern Nigeria after one of its engines exploded, causing severe ...

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was killed on Wednesday as his plane crashed while landing in Baramati. A Loksatta report quoted the Directorate General of civil Aviation to confirm that ...

The San Antonio aerospace firm that worked on a UPS jet in the weeks before it crashed and exploded in Louisville, Ky., is being sued by another family of one of those killed in the disaster. The ...

All six people aboard a private jet were killed in Maine on Sunday when the aircraft flipped upside down and crashed during take-off in heavy snow – with chilling audio capturing someone saying, “Let ...