One of the most influential cockpit levers on a jet’s take-off is the flap handle. Hinged panels at the wing’s trailing and leading edges transform a sleek airfoil into a low-speed lift sail.

At least nine people were killed and 11 others were injured after a UPS plane crashed in Louisville, Kentucky. NTSB officials said that CCTV footage captured the left engine detaching from the wing of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky.(AP) — UPS cargo plane's left wing caught fire and engine fell off just before fiery crash on takeoff in Kentucky, NTSB says.

At least nine people were killed and 11 others were injured after a UPS plane crashed in Louisville, Kentucky. NTSB officials said that CCTV footage captured the left ...