The directive targets early-production aircraft after cracks were detected that could compromise structural integrity. Qantas ...

Airbus to inspect 15 Emirates and one Qantas plane after cracks found in structural wing beam of some jets ...

European aviation safety officials order urgent structural beam checks on jets flown by Emirates and Qantas Airbus on Tuesday said it would inspect 16 A380 planes, five of them immediately, after ...

The turbulent air above a wildfire is punishing to aircraft structures. The excessive and frequent loads place an inordinate number of loading cycles on an aircraft, leading to accelerated crack ...

European regulators have ordered immediate checks on 16 Airbus A380s after inspectors found cracks in wing-spar components on ...

A Qantas A380 is among 16 superjumbos impacted by an emergency inspection order issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, a manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, announced that it has completed ...

The probable cause of the American Airlines Flight 587 crash on Nov. 12, 2001, was "in-flight separation of the vertical stabilizer as a result of the loads beyond ultimate design that were created by ...