ALAMEDA — It’s every airline passenger’s nightmare. Smoke billows from the aircraft’s first-class section and the plane comes to a sudden halt. You look up at the ceiling and molding — and you see ...

In 1977, 583 lives were claimed when two 747 jets collided with each other on the runway of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. What the captain said in the final minutes stun to this day. On March 27, ...

The 1977 collision of two jumbo jets at a tiny airport in the Canary Islands horrified the world. Watch as examiners sift through the evidence to untangle the chain of events that claimed the lives of ...

Last year was the safest year on record for airlines, with just two fatal accidents for commercial flights recorded. Aviation safety has continued to improve over the years. A lot of changes occurred ...