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 ...

A catastrophic crash involving an Air India Boeing (NYSE:BA) 787-8 just seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad is expected to center investigators’ attention on the aircraft’s configuration during the ...

Talk about a flight risk. A planeload of panicky passengers were sent back to the terminal after their aircraft failed to take off — not once but twice — in Thailand. Pilots manning the Nok Air Boeing ...

Discover what goes on behind the scenes during a plane’s take-off. This video explains the steps pilots and aircraft systems take to achieve a safe and powerful departure — from engine thrust to ...

Certain transport aircraft will be required to carry a take-off performance monitoring system to reduce the persistent risk of data-entry and calculation errors, under a new proposal from the European ...

An aircraft which was carrying four people before it tragically crashed at Southend Airport had 'lost control after take-off', it has been confirmed. Representatives from Essex Police, Southend ...