It was her second emergency landing in four years but experienced pilot and former flying instructor took it all in her stride. Read what happened. Lesleigh Griffin, 71, planned a local flight west of ...

Alex Appolonia: It's not always a smooth and pleasant landing for airplanes. Intense strong winds can affect the position of how planes land on the runway, making it look like the plane is ...

Discover 8 fascinating facts about a plane's landing gear ... Learn how this essential component ensures safe takeoffs, landings, and smooth ground operations for all aircraft types.

Pilot Lesleigh Griffin, 71, who had an emergency landing at Wynyard Airport with her twin sister Billie Hicks behind the tail of their plane. Picture: Supplied It was the second time in four years ...

Belly-landings are risky and carried out only in an emergency. Here are the situations in which this is done, and what probably happened with the Jeju aircraft.

A PASSENGER who was onboard a flight during Friday’s storm has shared details of what it was like in the moments before ...

The emergency landing of Jeju Air Flight 2216 looked highly skilled, experts say, but all except two of the 181 people on board were killed when the Boeing 737-800 hit a wall and burst into flames.

Bird strikes can cause fires inside the plane's engines, damaging critical systems which can render the landing gear inoperable -- meaning the wheels don't come out to facilitate a smooth landing ...