Our aviation experts told us the aircraft altitude is determined by the flight dispatcher in the flight plan prior to departure. Factors like weather patterns, aircraft weight, and winds depending ...

NTSB investigators found that failures in the navigation system led to the autopilot disengaging on a United Airlines flight ...

Neither pilot of a Ryanair Boeing 737 Max 8-200 noticed that the aircraft was descending from its assigned altitude during a go-around, after the captain wrongly assumed the autopilot and autothrottle ...