Had the airplane crashed on land ... Evans: Behind every major aviation accident is a history. In the case of Swissair Flight 111 and the thermal acoustic insulation blankets, the Chinese had ...

A close call was reported at JFK Airport in New York City last week when a Swiss Air flight had to abort takeoff while other ...

The company was first founded in December 1939, when it was originally formed to manufacture the Spitfire fighter aircraft in Switzerland for the Swiss Air Force. However, the Swiss government ...

And when black-box recordings are lost, as was the case with the two planes that struck the World Trade Center, downloaded data may be the only data. (I should note here that if Swissair Flight ...

The demise of airline Swissair in 2001 was a huge blow to Switzerland's economy and to the country's morale. It was a sad day for Swiss history when the airline's fleet was grounded on 2 October 2001.

Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest ...

The team of divers – equipped with state-of-the-art instruments and sonar – was engaged this weekend in an operation to recover the engine of Swissair’s Douglas DC-3 HB-IRK aircraft ...