Airlines are constantly disposing of old aircraft and acquiring new ones. The reasons rarely have much—if anything—to do with ...

In 2012, a Boeing 727 deliberately crashed into the desert in Mexico as part of a million-pound TV experiment to improve aircraft safety and save future lives ...

Southwest Airlines was formed in 1967 as Air Southwest Co., becoming Southwest Airlines Co. by 1971. It was a purely ...

Richard Anderson said politicians exacerbated the flying challenges at Reagan by adding flights to their home states.

The spate of recent aviation disasters and close calls have people worried about the safety of flying.

MATTOON — Police have arrested a former Charleston man in connection with the Friday night shotgun holdup of Taylor's IGA on ...

Most fatalities in the Triad – like those across the state – involve smaller private planes, often operating out of ...

Summoned from his couch to cover last week’s plane disaster in Washington, CNN’s Pete Muntean rushed in for the first of 24 ...

The tragic collision between an American Airlines jet and a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport brought forth an ...

These near misses are extremely common,” said Ross Aimer, a retired United Airlines Captain who’s now CEO of Aero Consulting ...

I directed a more aggressive climb,” the plane’s captain later reported, “due to aircraft appearing to continue to climb into us.” Neither close call ended in disaster, but both were reported to a ...

The NTSB is continuing its investigation into the collision between the Black Hawk helicopter and the regional passenger jet ...