Aircraft are categorized by weight with one key function: to calculate how far behind the succeeding aircraft should follow.

The Antonov 225 Mriya plane, which weighs over 640 tonnes and has six engines and 32 wheels, touched down for re-fuelling and crew rest. It landed in Shannon because its 3.2km runway is the only ...

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(Pic Roy Summers Unloading the Antonov by Sulivan Shipping service ... on hand to capture these stunning shots as it sat on the runway in Newquay after it had flown in from Montreal.

The aircraft in question are AirMed flight N823AM, an air ambulance, and Cavok Air’s Antonov An-12B which is a cargo plane. Both planes arrived from Gran Canaria, Spain, and remained at Kotoka ...

A Cessna struck the runway while trying to land and proceeded to slide into the water at the end of the airstrip, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary report. Alaska State ...

"The flight could not make the landing at the Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda as the airport authorities had issued a notice to airmen (NOTAM) for cracks on the runway," an official said.

Five people were rescued and are recovering after a small private plane skidded off a runway at an Oregon airport and into the nearby bay. The Southwest Oregon Regional Airport (OTH) shared that a ...

The aircraft skidded past the end of the runway, smashed into a concrete structure and burst into flames. Of the 181 passengers and crew members aboard, 179 were killed. Runway excursions — when ...

A former production assistant on “Project Runway” tearfully recalled in court Wednesday the moment she realized “I’m getting raped” by Harvey Weinstein during an alleged assault at his ...