How gravity causes a perfectly spherical ball to roll down an inclined plane is part of the elementary school physics canon. But the world is messier than a textbook. Scientists in the Harvard John A.

But on Saturday, after the third anniversary of the crash, relatives were still waiting to learn what caused the plane to nosedive from cruising altitude. CAAC and China Eastern did not respond to ...

The next steps would be trying to retrieve the plane’s black boxes, which would enable investigators to piece together what happened in the final moments before the plane plunged into the ocean.

The plane’s right wing and right main landing gear broke apart from the aircraft during the Feb. 17 crash-landing, according to preliminary findings GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Delta Flight ...

Canadian authorities released a preliminary report Thursday finding the crew of Delta Flight 4819 may not have taken corrective action before the plane hard-landed and flipped on a Toronto runway ...

A rapid descent — at nearly double the speed defined as a “hard landing” — and a flat angle of approach toward the tarmac may have contributed to the plane colliding with and rolling ...

A commuter plane that crashed on sea ice off Alaska, killing all 10 people on board, was half a ton overweight for a trip into icy conditions, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a ...

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released a more detailed, preliminary report into the Delta plane crash in Toronto last month, but stopped short of drawing any conclusions into ...

LAFAYETTE, Ga. (WDEF) — A small plane crash in Lafayette has killed two people this afternoon. A small, single engine, Cessna type plane made impact at the far end of the runway. When first ...

A preliminary report into the Delta Air Lines flight that flipped upside down in a crash landing at Toronto's Pearson International Airport last month shows the plane had been descending at a high ...

A preliminary report by Canadian authorities revealed new details about the final seconds before a Delta plane carrying 80 people crashed last month in Toronto. By Niraj Chokshi and Vjosa Isai ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The wing of an American Airlines plane was struck by a baggage cart at Philadelphia International Airport. Action News obtained video of the incident that happened on Wednesday.