A commercial airliner can weigh anywhere from 100,000 pounds to over a million pounds. It is astonishing how such gargantuan weight can not only take off from the ground, but also routinely fly long ...

The engine caught fire shortly after the collision while passengers remained seated as instructed by flight attendants.

A lot of questions cross our minds during flights; here are answers to some of the most common aviation trivia and curiosities.

On 11 April five passengers volunteered to leave an EasyJet plane travelling to Malaga from Southend Airport because the aircraft was too heavy for take-off. The airport said it was not the first time ...

A tire fell off a United Airlines plane taking off from San Francisco International Airport Thursday morning and landed in a nearby parking lot, damaging several vehicles, officials said. The tire ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On every flight, you're instructed to turn your phone on airplane mode prior to take-off. Alarmists allege leaving smartphones on ...