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Cat-like tail could make space robots flip, twist and turn like superheroes
Researchers from the University of Michigan and UC San Diego (UCSD) studied tail-assisted midair reorientation in robots and found that mammals have already optimized this movement efficiently. Their ...
How clever designs helped save 80 people after their plane caught fire, lost a wing and skidded down a runway upside down
When Flight 4819 landed in a fiery crash that ripped off a wing and rolled the plane upside down, panicked onlookers feared the worst. But aviation experts saw decades of aircraft safety improvements ...
The engineering of the aircraft, its design, and safety measures such as seatbelts played significant roles in minimizing injuries
A Delta Airlines plane miraculously flipped upside down at Toronto Pearson International Airport, but all passengers survived ...
Photos show how Air Force One has changed through the years
Nicknamed the "flying Oval Office," modern Air Force One planes are equipped with everything the president might need.
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Japan Airlines plane slices tail of parked Delta Air Lines plane: See video
A taxiing Japan Airlines plane struck a parked Delta Air Lines plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednesday, almost slicing off its tail and prompting the aircrafts to be evacuated.