After being deployed, it can swing into action through gravitational force, providing essential energy for onboard avionics.

Modern airliners can glide safely for miles after dual engine failure, giving pilots time to manage the emergency.

As officials are still examining the cause of last week’s deadly Air India Flight A171 crash in Ahmedabad, India, ...

Photos, videos and flight tracking data reveal what happened before the flight crashed less than a minute after taking off.

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 people bound for Britain's Gatwick Airport began losing altitude seconds after takeoff. All but one passenger died in the world's worst aviation disaster in a ...

The Air India flight crashed less than a minute after takeoff, killing almost everyone on board and more on the ground.

Investigators have not ruled out sabotage as a cause for the Air India plane crash that killed 274 people. Flight AI171 bound ...

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner struck a medical college in Ahmedabad as it crashed in a fireball, killing 241 people on board.

In those 10 seconds, they even made a MAYDAY call -- which is only issued in case of a serious, imminent emergency.' ...

AIR India crash investigators believe an emergency power system kicked in – raising questions about whether the engines were working properly. A raft of analysts now agree that a small ...

Accident investigators examine whether ram air turbine’s operation indicated trouble ... Investigators believe Air India Flight 171 had an emergency-power generator operating when it crashed ...