Elevating or descending? Cruising altitude is a direct result of safety, fuel use, and comfort in a myriad of ways.

Procedures like go-arounds, diversions and holding patterns may be unnerving for flyers, but they're routine and meant to ...

In the aftermath of high profile aviation stories, I've been working overtime to reassure my colleagues and readers that flying is still safe.

A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to the collision ...

Air travelers are alarmed by a recent string of plane crashes involving U.S. flights. Here's what to know about all the ...

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said the Black Hawk helicopter was at approximately 278 feet altitude at the time of the crash, ...

Endurance is a game-changer in modern combat missions—discover the ten US military aircraft the range envelope further than ...

The NTSB has suggested that the Black Hawk crew may have missed a key instruction from air traffic controllers before the ...

More than two weeks after a helicopter and airplane collision over Washington killed 67 people, investigators have completed ...

The NTSB reported that missed air traffic messages and incorrect altitude data may have caused the Black Hawk ...

The Black Hawk helicopter may have been flying with “bad data” and didn’t hear all air traffic control instructions before ...

Pilots of a U.S. Army helicopter involved in the Jan. 29 midair collision with an American Airlines regional jet may not have ...