When you're flying on a commercial jet, you naturally become very familiar with the sound and feeling of the powerful turbine engines. As you take off, you can feel their rumbling muscle rocketing the ...
Jet engines are relatively simple in their basic design, but advancements in gas turbine engine technology have mostly done away with the cool-looking bucket-type reverse thrust systems. These thrust ...
Like most modern commercial jets, the Boeing 787 uses a cascade-type thrust reverser. Credit: Collins Aerospace As sustainability goals push more systems toward electromechanical actuation solutions, ...
Airbus is aiming to introduce an engine control unit software modification for CFM International CFM56 powerplants, to reduce the safety risk if A320 pilots attempt a go-around after activating ...
Driven by increase in air travel, surge in order for new aircraft from developing countries, and technological advancement in electric and hybrid aircrafts. WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire ...
Damaged left thrust reverser of the accident jet. Credit: NTSB Two weeks after the March 2019 crash involving an IAI Westwind in Yukon, Oklahoma, two people who were familiar with jet told the NTSB ...
Preliminary investigation into the AirACT Boeing 747-400 freighter excursion at Hong Kong have found that, after touchdown, forward thrust increased on the outboard right-hand engine – the ...