The elevators are typically located on the horizontal stabilizer at the tail of the aircraft and are…
A China Eastern Airbus A330-300, registration B-8970 performing flight MU-721 from Shanghai Hongquiao to Hong Kong (China),…
The main reason why the landing gear of an airliner tilts is to make the aircraft more…
Turbulence can cause structural failure in airplanes, but it is very rare. Airplanes are designed to withstand…
More specifically, Boeing refer to these as Advanced Technology winglets, or AT winglets for short. Over the current technology…
Anti-icing systems are an option for aircraft, but they are typically mandatory in cold weather and high…
The aircraft has two switches for manually extending the RAT, one on the hydraulics control panel and…
Yes. Gas turbine engine designers jump through hoops to keep that from happening. They create turbine blades…
“Why are you swimming in the water?” 30 years ago on 4 Nov 1993Runway overrun due to…
All modern passenger airliners are incredibly safe as they have multiple redundancies and fail safes. Even the…