The concrete bed stopped a commercial flight that lost control during landing. The safety system slows a runaway aircraft by ...

Pilots who understand how to calculate weight and center of gravity will find tools such as an optimized console complement their approach to aviation safety. These small adjustments in organization ...

Nepalese investigators have revealed that the operator of the Bombardier CRJ200 involved in a fatal take-off accident at Kathmandu was not complying with aircraft loading requirements before the crash ...

In Part 1, we discussed how a Beech King Air 200 wound up in the frigid waters of Unalaska Bay, Alaska. It seems likely that the pilot knew the King Air was overweight. When investigators re-created ...

"The most likely causes of the accident were the crew's actions and its mistakes in calculating the weight and balance, which led to the loss of control and collapse of the aircraft during takeoff," ...

A single-engine plane that went down near Lansing in 2019, killing five men from Indiana, was operating overweight and out of balance, the National Transportation Safety Board found. The plane, a ...

WEIGHT WATCHERS Added weight is the scourge of man--and machine. And the FAA last week proposed a regulation aimed at combating its effects on aircraft. The rule announces the establishment of a ...

LA, UNITED STATES, May 1, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- Managing weight and balance in light aircraft has long been viewed as a non-negotiable aspect of safe flight. For private pilots flying models ...