Thorough preflight inspections are critical for aircraft tires, which differ significantly from car tires and can suffer various damages like scalloping or flat spots necessitating a "no-go" decision ...

When booking a pre-buy inspection, consider whether an aircraft is on the MRO's repair station certificate. Credit: Elliott Aviation When considering a preowned business aircraft, the wise purchaser ...

A generation ago, a spate of fatal crashes of planes and helicopters the Forest Service hired to fight wildfires spurred the agency to start having its own inspectors to make sure the aircraft could ...

Artificial intelligence could help inspectors more quickly assess images taken by drones during visual inspections. Credit: Donecle A decade after drone use for aircraft inspections first started ...

Given how your average commercial airliner contains over a million parts, it's no surprise that keeping them airworthy takes a small army. In fact, Boeing estimates that the commercial aviation ...

Following heavy rain, an incorrect fuel sumping procedure (belly sump before wing tanks) during preflight allowed water to re-accumulate in the aircraft's fuel system, despite no water being initially ...

The site of Sunday's South Korean budget airline Jeju Air's plane crash is being combed through by U.S. investigators, with some from the aircraft's manufacturer. All but two of the 181 people aboard ...