One of the worst emergencies that an aircraft could face midair is the possibility of an onboard fire. Even the slightest of indications, such as a cockpit alarm, haze, or smoke, is enough for the ...

A faulty fan unit likely contributed to a brake fire and a “huge screen of smoke” that trailed a Frontier Airlines-operated Airbus A321 upon landing in Las Vegas earlier this month. That is according ...

A Lufthansa flight was flown by autopilot when the copilot, alone in the cockpit as the pilot had stepped away to use the bathroom, fainted, Spanish investigators said in a report about an incident ...