The estimated gross takeoff weight was about 1,058 pounds over the limit for icy conditions, according to a preliminary NTSB ...

The regional airline flight in Alaska that crashed, killing all 10 people onboard, was overweight before it took off, ...

In short, deicing is necessary because snow and ice on airplane wings can decrease lift by as much as 30% ... Once applied, Type II and IV fluids will generally stay on the aircraft until the plane is ...

The Alaska commuter plane that disappeared last month before its wreck was discovered with all 10 onboard dead was more than 1,000 pounds overweight at the time of takeoff, according to details of ...

In short, deicing is necessary because snow and ice on airplane wings can decrease lift ... the plane is taxiing down the runaway during takeoff. By then, it has gained enough speed to produce ...

The NTSB found the airplane’s estimated gross takeoff weight at departure was ... There was light snow and traces of ice reported around the time of the crash and the temperature was about ...

Should you panic if your plane is doused in a colorful slime that's as freakily artificial as something out of a sci-fi film?

Startling images show an airplane’s nose completely smashed in and smeared in blood from a bird strike. Latam flight LA3367 had just taken off from Rio de Janeiro heading to São Paulo in Brazil ...

While airplane jet fuel is pretty pure ... it’s impossible to clear the runways completely for every takeoff. So how much snow on the runway is considered too much for a plane to take off?