Factors that come into play on a high flare are commonly due to a broader than normal runway and can be that the pilot has un ...

On February 27th, a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental made a routine approach to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX ...

and the right wing broke between the landing gear and fuselage, which is the central part of the plane. When the wing detached, 6,000 pounds of jet fuel onboard sprayed out leading to a fire and ...

A Delta Air Lines plane struck its wing on the runway while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Sunday night, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA confirmed to ...

A preliminary report into the Delta Air Lines flight that flipped upside down in a crash landing at Toronto's Pearson International Airport last month shows the plane had been descending at a high ...

A descent greater than 600 feet per minute is considered a “hard landing,” according to the manual. Just before the crash, the plane was descending at 1,100 feet per minute, the report said.

When the plane was ready to retire, its white bodywork was stripped away and chopped up into 12,000 special keychains. The Boeing 747 was nicknamed Ed Force One and flew with Iron Maiden until the ...

There was no final cause of the crash in the report released Thursday, but the investigation found that the right main landing gear broke and collapsed on impact as the plane landed at a high ...