An engine does not have to quit to bring down an airplane; sometimes it only has to come loose. That distinction matters most during takeoff, when an airliner is accelerating through its most ...

Jet engines are not simply hung under a wing; they are mounted through a deliberately engineered weak-link system designed to protect the aircraft when loads become extreme. That is one reason ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Boeing 747 of Lufthansa taxis towards the boarding gate at Frankfurt Airport. Arne Dedert/dpa A Lufthansa aircraft flying from ...

At first glance, a twin-engine aircraft looks a whole lot safer than a single-engine one. After all, if you lose an engine, you still have another to keep you flying in the air, right? This isn't ...

Ascend Airways is experiencing significant durability issues with the CFM International Leap-1B engines that power its Boeing 737 Max 8s. Chief executive Alastair Wilson tells FlightGlobal that while ...

Firefighters responded to reports of an engine fire Monday morning on a United Airlines plane that landed at Los Angeles International Airport. United Airlines flight 2127 departed from LAX just after ...

A Swiss International Air Lines flight departing for Zurich, Switzerland, had to abort takeoff from Boston Logan International Airport after flames were seen shooting out of its engines. A video shows ...

Ongoing problems with the V-22 Osprey aircraft must be addressed and new systems put in place to prevent deadly accidents, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Friday. File ...

Air Baltic had an average of eight Airbus A220 aircraft simultaneously grounded over spare engine shortages last year, and expects the situation to continue in 2025. The figure is lower than the nine ...