DENVER (CBS4) - Federal safety investigators on Monday talked with the pilots of United Airlines Flight 328 about how they handled the loss of an engine that exploded into flames as nervous passengers ...

When an airliner turns off its engines at the gate or ramp, the flight deck doesn’t simply go dark and stay that way.

Editor’s note: Following the incident this month in which a Horizon Airlines ground worker commandeered and crashed a commercial airplane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, we asked former ...

With more flight experience comes more confidence. However, sometimes an unfortunate byproduct of confidence after logging hundreds or thousands of flight hours is laziness and cockiness, both of ...

El Al Flight 30 experienced an engine failure shortly after takeoff but safely returned to Toronto, despite significant procedural missteps and cockpit management challenges during the emergency. The ...

Pilots use a detailed pre-flight checklist before taking passengers’ lives into their hands. So why shouldn’t operating room surgeons and nurses be subjected to the same rigorous preparation? That’s ...

It is the time of year when snowy conditions can become a factor in safety of flight. Flight into wet snow and the associated icing conditions can lead to deadly consequences, the NTSB reminds pilots, ...

Investigators have criticised Scandinavian Airlines’ Bombardier Q400 training and monitoring procedures after inquiries into a serious unstable-approach incident discovered that Q400 crews repeatedly ...

Checklist design and procedures featured on the agenda of this week’s high-level ICAO safety conference following the fatal loss of a Boeing MD-82 at Madrid, and the extraordinary escape of an MD-83 ...