The crew calculated that at their height of 37,000 feet, the aircraft was capable of gliding for 23 minutes, covering 91 ...

A US Airways plane with 155 people on board ditched into a chilly Hudson River on Thursday, apparently after striking at least one bird upon takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport, according to ...

One person is dead after a light aircraft crashed on to a Hastings golf course this afternoon. Emergency services were called ...

Whisper Aero and Tennessee Tech University received a $500,000 research grant to demonstrate quiet flight with an electric glider.

A modern plane is capable of gliding for some 100 miles without engines, giving the pilot time to pull off an emergency landing - Getty ...