Mayday warnings happen regularly, say aviation experts—and both pilots and air traffic controllers are trained to know what ...

A turbine engine failure occurs when a turbine engine in an aircraft unexpectedly stops producing thrust due to a malfunction other than fuel exhaustion. Turbine engines in use on today’s ...

“With the help of big data analytics, the blade vibration information can be used to predict the possible engine failure and optimize preventive maintenance schedules,” said Nicole Key, a professor of ...

Decoding the black box is going to give an in-depth insight into what happened moments before the plane crash,” Civil ...

Updates to failure-analysis processes and product designs are in the works to help ensure turbine engine failures do not pose unacceptable risks to passengers and systems. But lessons learned from ...

Engine failures cause some challenges for pilots. Regular demonstrations of engine-out proficiency are a part of every multi-engine pilot's checkrides. The hazards of engine-out flying include ...

Two more similar incidents involving IndiGo took place within the same week. In the wake of the Boeing AI 171 crash, concerns ...

LOS ANGELES — Bombardier says a suspected problem in the low pressure turbine (LPT) led to a sudden loss of power and uncontained failure of a Pratt & Whitney PW1500G on the first CSeries CS100 ...

General Electric Co on Thursday issued its second directive this week for an inspection of its new GEnx engine on Boeing Co jets, this time telling airlines to check the installation of a turbine ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The roar of a jet or race car engine can nearly take one’s breath away. Now imagine trying to hear through all that noise to pinpoint a problem with the engine – and stop a ...