The Convair Model 49 was a heavily armored VTOL attack aircraft concept using a centrally mounted rotor, side-mounted engines, and a rotating cockpit to maintain pilot orientation during vertical and ...

Cockpit recorder captured a repeating bell 25 seconds before impact. NTSB formed MD-11 expert group to review recording and FDR data over several months. Left engine separated after takeoff; crash ...

A problem with an intercom led to uncertainty. No one was hurt. By Victor Mather A flight returned to Omaha shortly after takeoff on Monday evening when the pilots mistakenly thought someone might be ...

A Los Angeles-bound flight made an emergency landing Monday after its pilots mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach the cockpit when its flight attendants banged on the locked door because ...

DALLAS — Today, in 1951, the American-built, improved high-elevation performance 44-seat Convair CV-340 made its maiden flight. The aircraft was a stretch of the popular CV-240, one of the most ...

A Delta Air Lines plane aborted its takeoff Wednesday morning after a window came open in the cockpit. Delta Flight 2261, a Boeing 737 scheduled to fly from Minneapolis to Las Vegas, was rolling down ...

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Previously, flight crew often used a beverage cart to create a physical barrier for passengers when pilots needed to exit the cockpit mid-flight Kevin Carter/Getty; Southwest Airlines Southwest ...

Southwest Airlines’ newest jets are now flying with a barrier that can protect the cockpit when pilots need to open the door during flight, according to the airline. The company’s first Boeing 737 ...

July 18 (Reuters) - A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month supports the view that the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane's ...

Two “unruly” passengers caused a seven-hour flight delay after bum-rushing the cockpit. The disruptive incident occurred Monday on a flight from Delhi to Mumbai, Jam Press reported. The aircraft had ...