Tailplane stalls, particularly ice-contaminated tailplane stalls (ICTS), occur when the horizontal tail exceeds its critical angle of attack, often causing a nose-down tendency and light pitch ...

Stalls during takeoff are a significant and often fatal risk due to the aircraft's vulnerability at low altitude and speed, accounting for a high percentage of accidents. Most takeoff stalls are ...

Similarities between the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes have focused attention on an anti-stalling system used in the new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. The Maneuvering Characteristics ...

A British Airways plane was seconds away from disaster after a pilot botched a landing and stalled while 4,000ft above London, it is understood. The aircraft's captain was allegedly forced to ...

Making aircraft wings buzz could one day save lives or lead to more efficient aircraft, says an aerospace engineer. Experiments suggest it would reduce the chance of small aircraft stalling. Ian ...

What began as a routine aerobatic lesson quickly became a high-pressure cockpit challenge when the controls were handed over during a stall exercise. Every second demanded precise control inputs as ...

When an airplane stalls, it’s no longer able to produce lift. When this occurs, there’s an insufficient amount of air traveling under the airplane’s wings to keep it up. As a result, the airplane will ...

The C-130 crash in the southern Philippines is one of the deadliest military aviation accidents in the country’s history – Copyright Joint Task Force-Sulu/AFP ...

Sometimes a relatively minor accident brings to light safety issues of broad importance. After the crash of a Cessna Citation in Fargo, North Dakota, the NTSB decided to classify the accident as only ...