Piccard never intended the vehicle for commercial use, but instead envisioned it as a way to raise awareness for sustainable energy by building the first solar-powered plane capable of ...

The single-engine Piper PA-25 was pulling a glider when the nose of the plane hit the runway, the agency says.

An Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University mathematician has examined the odds of dying in a plane crash, and the relative dangers of air travel.

Without them, the massive jet was like a paper airplane on a gusty day—completely unresponsive to the pilots’ steering ...

The plane was carrying 10 passengers and three crew members when it crashed in Connecticut. Officials confirmed that the ...

WOODLAKE, Calif. -- Fire and law enforcement officials are responding to a reported plane crash in Woodlake on Saturday ...

The aircraft that completed one of aviation’s most audacious journeys — a solar-powered circumnavigation of the globe — has met its end at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Solar Impulse 2 crashed ...