You might be surprised to see large passenger airliners with cockpit windows that open. Here's why some cockpit windows open, and how it's done safely.

The short answer is yes, but the real answer is no. While cockpit doors before the 9/11 attacks were designed to provide a barrier between pilots and passengers for ...

From the most iconic airplanes in aviation history to those among the forgotten passenger jets that once graced the skies, there's no denying that aircraft are incredible feats of engineering. These ...

As a Delta Air Lines jet began roaring down a runway, an air traffic controller at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport suddenly blurted out an expletive, then ordered the pilots to stop ...

From heads-up displays to AI-powered predictive maintenance, avionics technology is evolving into a cutting-edge field that’s ...

Both engines were intentionally shut down and there was a cockpit struggle before a China Eastern Airlines jet slammed into a ...

Plans also call for the plane's avionics system to automatically convert all radio communications to text displayed on a cockpit screen. That way, the pilot will have a transcript of all the ...