Delta Air Lines took delivery of its first Boeing 747 in 1970, with the aircraft, registered as N9896, being delivered by the ...

When one hears that an airline is “the world’s largest operator” of a particular aircraft type, the immediate question is: which aircraft, and how did that happen? In this article, we answer the ...

For more than an hour, air traffic controllers didn't hear from the cockpit. Oct. 22, 2009— -- Two pilots of a Northwest Airlines flight Wednesday were apparently so distracted that they missed ...