LONDON—Switzerland has temporarily grounded its fleet of F/A-18 Hornet fighters following the discovery of a crack in an aircraft’s landing flap hinge. The Swiss Air Force ordered the grounding on Jan ...

One of the most influential cockpit levers on a jet’s take-off is the flap handle. Hinged panels at the wing’s trailing and leading edges transform a sleek airfoil into a low-speed lift sail.

A Delta Air Lines flight headed to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport had to return to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) shortly after takeoff on Sunday, February 2, 2025, due to a mechanical ...

A SpiceJet flight carrying 153 passengers from New Delhi suffered a technical snag as its flaps did not deploy while landing at the airport here but the pilots made the touchdown safely. The landing ...