While commercial aircraft manufacturing is dominated by two big players, Boeing and Airbus, the engine industry has a similarly small playing field. Four big companies make up 99% of the global aero ...

There are strict rules for aircraft operating in and around a fire to make sure everyone’s flying in a predictable manner.

Captain RK Smithley explains how an orchestrated effort between air traffic controllers, mechanics, and loaders helps fight ...

The Transportation Safety Board says a blown tire is to blame for the collapse of a passenger plane’s landing gear as it ...

Called the Oshkosh P-15, this enormous firetruck was developed to fight airplane fires on military ... and is still a big name in the airport fire engine business. Now based in Wisconsin, the ...

Jared Polis said nine strike teams of almost 50 fire engines and overhead personnel were sent to Los Angeles to help fire ...

Back then they were called the S-2E/G, and were carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft. Acquired by CAL FIRE in 1996, the aircraft were converted by Marsh Aviation into a firefighting configuration.

The Colorado firefighters are joining a force that includes nearly 1,400 fire engines, 84 aircraft and more than 14,000 ...

However, airlines and operators can lease various aircraft parts beyond the aircraft itself, including engines. These pieces of equipment are vital but famously expensive to acquire. But if an airline ...

Cal Fire’s fleet of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft make it the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world. If air traffic controller is one of the most stressful jobs and firefighting ...

To help put out these raging fires, firefighters have deployed many aerial firefighting aircraft. Many fire departments across North America have deployed their aerial firefighting aircraft to assist ...