Any pilot can confirm that take-off and landing are the most stressful and dangerous moments of air travel. Besides, smooth take offs and landings depend not only on the aircraft, but also on the ...

Incredible footage has been unveiled that shows a pilot landing his plane on some of the most dangerous runways in the world – including one with a 30 per cent gradient and others that can ...

British pilot Matt Dearden has spent years landing planes on some of the world’s most treacherous airstrips—where one wrong move could mean disaster. From near-vertical runways to barely visible ...

Queen Mathilde of Belgium experienced a terrifying start to her royal visit to Costa Rica after her plane was forced to make an emergency landing ... in the country’s most vulnerable communities.

Takeoff and landing are the most dangerous parts of any flight, and the fatal mid-air collision in Washington, DC two weeks ...

In 2012, a Boeing 727 deliberately crashed into the desert in Mexico as part of a million-pound TV experiment to improve aircraft safety and save future lives ...

Lukla Airport is the gateway to Mount Everest and is often dubbed the world’s most dangerous airport. Its short runway, unpredictable weather, and high-altitude terrain make every landing a ...

The charted approach for that alternative landing takes ... standards that allow aircraft to be in closer proximity than would be permitted in much of the country. Most flying is conducted under ...

This makes drones far more dangerous to airplanes ... usually during take-off and landing. The cockpit windows are some of the most vulnerable parts of an airplane, that's why most commercial ...

“Right now, recovery of life is probably the most ... s plane crash. Christine Conrad Lane always wanted to be a mother, her parents said, but medical reasons made pregnancy too dangerous.

Passengers at the airport could be heard exclaiming ‘Oh no’ as the aircraft coming in to touch down aborted the landing to return ... a bit and it was raining most of the time, all through ...

Reagan lies in some of the most tightly restricted but ... as perhaps you do, with planes taking off and landing, wondering how this dangerous dance is done safely day in and day out.” ...