The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday agreed to delay by one year a requirement for newly delivered U.S. passenger airplanes to have a secondary barrier to the flight deck to prevent ...

T he Boeing 777X is the long-awaited update to the iconic Boeing 777. This is the third generation of the 777, and will come ...

The extensive use of composite materials allows the Boeing 787 to have larger windows than previous-generation aircraft.

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Windshield wipers on airplanes may seem like an impossible proposition at high speeds, but they actually serve a much simpler and practical purpose.

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With the length of its overall fuselage—an aircraft's main body section—being just over 247 feet, the "super-stretch" A340-600 is Airbus' "longest jetliner operating today," the manufacturer ...

The cockpit’s front windows appear to be completely cracked as well. The aircraft was carrying 173 passengers and six crew members in total.

Hail severely damaged an Austrian Airlines airplane’s nose and cockpit windows during a flight from Spain to Austria after the flight encountered a thunderstorm cell, officials say.