Chalk's Ocean Airways flight 101 experienced a crash shortly after departing Watson Island in Miami.

Korean Airlines Flight 007 was shot down by a fighter jet after straying into Soviet airspace.

Accurate weather forecasting is paramount to the aviation industry. The safety and efficiency of air travel fundamentally depend on the ability to predict atmospheric conditions. Pilots, air traffic controllers, and ground crews alike rely …

In August of 1985, a plane experienced an engine fire during takeoff.

Shortly after departing Detroit, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 experienced a crash.

A design deficiency in the Fokker F28 aircraft contributed to two incidents involving similar planes, one occurring in Ontario and the other in New York.

During an air show display, Air France Flight 296 was unable to recover its altitude following a planned flyby.

The history of flight is punctuated by tragedies, each a stark lesson etched in the annals of aviation. Five such disasters profoundly reshaped the responsibilities and procedures demanded of air traffic controllers, forcing a fundamental e…

An Air Inter aircraft crashed into the Vosges Mountains during its approach to land.

A lapse in judgment by an air traffic controller resulted in a catastrophic collision between two aircraft on the runway.

The crash of West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 proved to be the final, devastating blow to the already struggling airline, ultimately driving it into bankruptcy.

American Airlines Flight 3054 left the runway and crashed into a warehouse situated adjacent to a gas station.