What does the National Transportation Safety Board look for in a plane crash investigation? A flight expert explains.

AUSTIN, Texas — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating a deadly jet crash in Arizona on Monday. The ...

If plane maintenance is neglected, corrosion and metal fatigue could lead to a major accident. Like Aloha Airlines flight 243, when a poorly maintained Boeing 737 burst midair, leaving a massive ...

Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest ...

known as fatigue damage, results from repeated stresses that cause microscopic breaks in materials. This form of degradation is a common problem that can lead to the failure of metal structures ...

THE important part played by the disturbance of the surface of a fatigue specimen by to-and-fro slip movement in the slip bands has been emphasized by much recent work, especially that of W.