In the aftermath of high profile aviation stories, I've been working overtime to reassure my colleagues and readers that ...
Researchers discovered that our ability to recognize trees in art is linked to a mathematical principle called the branch ...
The Black Hawk helicopter may have been flying with “bad data” and didn’t hear all air traffic control instructions before ...
Procedures like go-arounds, diversions and holding patterns may be unnerving for flyers, but they're routine and meant to ...
Objective To characterise the time course of changes in haemoglobin mass (Hbmass) in response to altitude exposure. Methods This meta-analysis uses raw data from 17 studies that used carbon monoxide ...
Specialization is for insects.” So, in the interest of not being insects, here are my top-five physics equations you should know. 1. Newton’s Second Law I’m sure you've seen this one before ...
And the Indian army actually deployed more than 100,000 troops at the Indo-China border, about 20% of those at a very high altitude ... the other half of the equation. We know how important ...
The Washington, DC-bound widebody aircraft – operating as flight UA613 – suddenly dropped in altitude, according to accounts posted on social media. Shared images show the aircraft’s cabin ...
Altitude sickness occurs when air pressure and oxygen levels are reduced at a higher elevation, as in the mountains. It's more likely to occur if you're transported to a higher altitude quickly and ...
Zach Wichter is a travel reporter and writes the Cruising Altitude column for USA TODAY. He is based in New York and you can reach him at [email protected].