The final words of pilots involved in three devastating plane crashes have been revealed, shedding light on the harrowing ...

Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest ...

Every commercial aircraft must have two black boxes-one to record flight data like airspeed and altitude, and the other to capture cockpit conversations ...

American Airlines confirmed to PEOPLE on Friday, Jan. 31, that flight 5342 will cease to exist. The airline is retiring the ...

An American Airlines Boeing 777-223 in Barcelona, Spain, on February 23, 2024.

as in the case of Pan Am Flight 812 in 1974 and Air France Flight 447 in 2009. Yet the salience of an airplane’s actual machinery has been fading too. For passengers, the experience of commercial ...

The soldiers aboard the Black Hawk helicopter were conducting an annual night proficiency training flight, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, adding they were a “fairly experienced crew.” ...

as in the case of Pan Am Flight 812 in 1974 and Air France Flight 447 in 2009. Yet the salience of an airplane’s actual machinery has been fading too. For passengers, the experience of ...

Air France Flight 447 was a passenger plane which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing everyone on board and the pilot's tragic last words have been revealed ...