DME stands for “Distance Measuring Equipment,” an instrument that’s part of the radio navigation suite of many aircraft. DME measures the line-of-sight distance of a plane to a ground ...

The success of aviation has often been due to technologies that are often invisible to the casual observer. Aircraft instruments and aviation electronics (avionics) have played crucial roles in the ...

More than 80 commercial planes have crashed in the U.S. since 1970.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators have released images that show the cockpit voice recorder and flight data ...

The pieces of wreckage recovered Tuesday were lifted by a crane and placed onto a barge with other parts recovered from the ...