One pilot on the ill-fated Air India flight was planning to retire. His co-pilot’s career was just getting started. Their ...

Meanwhile, the Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision was India's deadliest aviation disaster, caused by altitude miscommunication and poor coordination between two international flights. While most comments ...

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!”—these were the haunting final words from the cockpit of Air India Flight 171 moments before the ...

Seconds after the distress call, ATC responded but the plane had crashed by then, killing 241 people on board.

Seven killed after helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims crashes in Indian Himalayan state - Helicopter was heading to Hindu ...

Syria has also closed its airspace, the air traffic control service of the Damascus Flight Information Region told TASS. "The airspace is closed until 10:00 a.m. UTC of Sunday, June 15, due to ...

The aviation ministry on Saturday said that the pilot on the Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad on 12 June sent one last radio message to Air Traffic Control (ATC) at 1:39 pm – 'Mayday', ...

Like many pitmasters, Starsky Smith gave names to the two offset smokers he uses to cook barbecue every Saturday in ...

Despite recent headlines about high-profile aviation safety incidents, flying is still the safest mode of transportation ...

Aviation stakeholders testified before the House Aviation Subcommittee on FAA Reauthorization implementation, highlighting ...

Air traffic controllers also still use slips of paper containing flight numbers to help track the approximately 45,000 ...

The pilot of the London-bound Air India jet that crashed Thursday put out an urgent call as the Boeing 787-8 quickly lost ...