When people say "autopilot," they usually refer to the suite of automated flying capabilities and plane attitude control that an airplane can do. However, what "autopilot" is varies from plane to ...

The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ 190 had been traveling from Cairns, Queensland to Brisbane at the time of the incident, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau confirmed in a recently-released report ...

The National Transportation Safety Board released a report on Aug. 26 shedding light on what happened to members of the gospel group on July 26, 2024.

The autopilot of a plane carrying 94 people veered towards mountainous terrain, as the distracted pilots “inadvertently omitted” to retract the landing gear. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ 190 took ...

To many passengers, autopilot sounds like a switch that turns an airliner into a self-flying machine. The aircraft climbs away from the airport, the pilots press a button, and from that point on the ...

A passenger plane departed from an Australian airport before autopilot reportedly steered the aircraft toward mountainous terrain after the flight crew became distracted with other duties. On Friday, ...