Pilots are trained to scan the sky. One optical illusion can still beat the human eye.
When two military aircraft collided over Pope Air Force Base in 1994, it first looked like a serious accident the crews might survive — and they did. But the real catastrophe began seconds later, when ...
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport air traffic controllers warned for years about safety risks, long before the Jan. 29, 2025, midair disaster over the Potomac River, when 67 were killed after ...
This week's mid-air crash between two Air Force jets that killed six flight crew members over Iraq is hitting close to home in Northern California. One of those planes, a KC-135, features markings ...
IT is every plane passenger’s worst nightmare – a loud explosion, flames coming from the engine and the realisation that you have no escape. And that was the reality for passengers on the ...