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In the wake of two Nigerian airline crashes this weekend, it may seem that the country's aviation industry is in a dangerous tailspin. But the broader trends make a different case.

Federal authorities are currently investigating how a door from a private jet landed on a South Florida golf course on Thursday.

The Federal Aviation Administration is being urged to implement stronger oversight of air safety after officials found several safety rules violations on the part of air traffic controllers in New York.

China pushes ahead with efforts to create a regional and global alternative to GPS.

A small experimental, amphibious plane crashed into a Florida Publix Tuesday, injuring 5 people and causing shoppers to run into the streets in panic.

It was clear soon after JetBlue Flight 191 took off from New York's JFK Airport that something was wrong with the pilot, Clayton Osbon. The first officer detailed what happened in the cockpit and several JetBlue Pilot Videos tell the rest of the story.

JetBlue pilot Clayton Osbon was considered a consummate professional who wanted to be a motivational speaker and was working on leadership coursework. Then came the meltdown.

The CEO of JetBlue, Dave Barger, said on Wednesday that the company will investigate the incident on Tuesday where a Las Vegas-bound JetBlue Flight 191 was diverted in an emergency landing to Amarillo, Texas because the pilot, Captain Clayton Osbon, had a meltdown while in the air caught on video by passengers.

The Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission said Tuesday it would honor former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by renaming the airport after the political power couple.

The Obama administration is preparing for a space tourism industry that is expected to be worth $1 billion in 10 years, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration's commercial space office said on Tuesday.

Porn star Alex Torres, commonly known as Voodoo, claimed he had sex with actress Lindsay Lohan while her dad, Michael, was asleep upstairs.

Authorities say that five people have died after a small plane crashed at an airport in North Carolina, while trying to land.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has made the projection that airline passenger travel will nearly double over the next two decades according to the annual forecast it has released.

Airports in the U.S. will see faster flights with new GPS navigation thanks to a bill allowing the FAA to spend about $11 billion on air traffic system upgrades. GPS guided airplanes can take off and land faster because of more precise navigation, and the FAA will now have until 2015 to come up with new arrival procedures at the 35 busiest airports in the nation, the Associated Press reported. Airplanes can take advantage of satellite-based navigation to approach landings at a steeper angle, and...

Three years ago Gabe Collins was on the front line in Kandahar province, one of the most dangerous places in war-ravaged Afghanistan, conducting search and rescue missions with the U.S. Navy.

Still haven’t gotten over your fear of flying? Maybe this will help: 2011 was the safest year on record for commercial air travel

Lisa Irwin has been missing for three months since her mysterious disappearance on Oct. 4. The 1-year-old's parents, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin, continue to maintain that baby Lisa disappeared from their home nearly a month ago. Her family's Kansas City attorney, John Picerno, said in a statement Tuesday that authorities have new information regarding missing baby Lisa Irwin.

A 22-year-old pilot hit a power line, knocked over a street sign and had to dodge a car while landing her plane on a Huston suburb street on Tuesday night, and she is being appreciated for the same. Yes, that was a brave act, and she did what was best at that moment. Sarah Chantal Rovner, whose plane engine stalled while in the air, has less than 100 hours flying experience and got her flying license just three months ago. Considering her experience, what she has done is heroic.

Scientists are monitoring a remote Alaskan volcano after it belched out an ash cloud that quickly dissipated. Officials said on Monday airline flights over the region had not been disrupted.

Airline pilots will fly shorter shifts and get longer periods of rest under new rules the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) finalized Wednesday in a landmark effort to prevent potentially dangerous fatigue.

A devastating plane crash on New Jersey's I-287 left five dead in a business trip turned sour. What's more is that for a small plane, the wreckage was huge.

A Socata TBM-700 plane crash on Interstate 287 in Morris Township, New Jersey that killed five people could have been caused by icing, according to reports.

Greenhill & Co Inc said two managing directors were believed killed in a crash of a private plane on a busy New Jersey highway on Tuesday.

A family of five including two small children were killed late last night when the pilot's single-engine plane crashed on its way from Atlanta, Ga. to Waco, Texas. Though officials have no word on what caused the fatal accident, the third reported U.S. plane crash in 24 hours, stormy weather and heavy snows may have been responsible.

The small plane that crashed on Interstate 287 in Harding, New Jersey, near exit 33 on Tuesday, has resulted in three confirmed deaths, according to the New Jersey State Police Twitter feed. It also reports that there may be one or two more possible deaths.

The airline, the first operator of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, said in a statement on its Web site last week that a productivity reason is being given for the delay in delivery. All Nippon said it will delay Dreamliner service between Tokyo and Beijing and between Tokyo and Frankfurt as a result.

While the rule may be clear as day, the answer is decidedly foggy.

A chopper carrying tourists on a luxury sunset tour of the Las Vegas Strip and the Hoover Dam crashed into a mountainside surrounding Lake Mead, killing the pilot and four passengers on board, reported Associated Press.

Three women kicked off of an AirTran flight say a bully flight attendant is to be blamed, slamming the airline for hiring the unbalanced man in the first place. The women were ignored, bullied and eventually booted off the plane for asking the attendant not to manhandle their bags and to help one fix a broken seat.