From the Smithsonian Channel. Inventing the Jet Engine Came With a Few Disasters. The invention of the jet engine was the crowning achievement of engineer Frank Whittle.

He began his career in the Air National Guard flying F-100s, A-7s, and F-16s before logging tens of thousands of hours as a captain for Delta Airlines, where he also served as director of flight ...

The National Air and Space Museum has received SORATO, a lunar rover built by Japanese aerospace company ispace’s Team HAKUTO, one of the five finalists of the Google Lunar X Prize competition. The ...

After a London-bound Air India aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday (June 12,2025), the spotlight is back on India’s history with aviation disasters ...

News India Ahmedabad Air India crash is one of aviation history’s worst disasters Ahmedabad Air India crash is one of aviation history's worst disasters A London-bound Air India flight with 242 people ...

A London-bound Air India plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Thursday in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad. Officials said at least 240 people were killed; 1 person reportedly survived ...

A Boeing 787 carrying over 200 passengers crashed in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad five minutes after taking off on Thursday. Nearly everyone was killed.

A London-bound Air India plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Thursday in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad. Officials said at least 240 people were killed; 1 person reportedly survived. The ...

Likely caused by a bird strike, the aircraft belly-landed and caught fire, killing 179 onboard — the worst domestic air disaster in South Korea in decades. Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer ERJ‑190 ...

Dubai: The aviation industry faces another tragic reminder of its safety vulnerabilities with the crash of Air India Flight 171 on June 12, 2025, in Ahmedabad, India. The Boeing 787-8 aircraft was ...

One passenger survived the crash of an Air India plane bound for London that killed at least 240 people Thursday in Ahmedabad, one of India’s worst airline disasters in decades.