For mere mortals though, the allocated seat on an aircraft is much more of a lottery, with babies, snorers and small-bladdered travellers all adding to the rich tapestry of air travel. The best ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A volcanic eruption in Indonesia disrupted several flights to Bali on Friday morning. Lewotobi, a twin volcano located in the south-eastern area of the island of Flores, began spewing ash late ...

Stefan B. Williams receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC), Australian Economic Accelerator (AEA) program and the Inkfish Foundation. More than 11 years after the disappearance ...

All 76 passengers and four crew members survived when the Delta plane arriving from Minneapolis burst into flames after flipping over and skidding on the tarmac. The TSB of Canada report says that ...

It found that the planes collided 'over the intersection of [the] runway' roughly 150 feet above ground. The Cessna was performing a 'stop-and-go' landing on the runway around 8:30am.

The aircraft was a CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) manufactured by Bombardier Inc. in 2008. In U.S. court, Canadian passengers blame Delta's 'recklessness' for Toronto crash ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Less than three seconds before touchdown, investigators noted, the plane warned pilots with an audible alarm that they were descending quickly and the plane banked to the right. It was still ...