Spirit AeroSystems has delivered the first thrust reverser to Boeing for engines on the 737 Max that features a key component redesigned to meet the programme's lofty production ramp-up targets. The ...

Investigators have disclosed that a TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320 involved in a thrust-reverser incident just before touchdown in Denmark started veering to the left as the crew attempted to abort the ...

May 5 (Reuters) - A component meant to slow an aircraft on landing was inoperative on the Boeing jetliner that slid off a runway into a river at a Florida military base, injuring 22 people, ...

Question: Do they really reverse the engines after landing to slow the aircraft? If so, doesn't this put a huge strain on the engines? — Submitted by reader Andy, Granada Hills, Calif. Answer: Reverse ...

The company will provide thrust reverser relay control boxes to Boeing for DC-10, MD-10, KC-10 and KDC-10 aircraft. The FAA-mandated boxes, which provide wing engine thrust reverse lock-out, are based ...

In addition to completing an expansion of its thrust reverser facility, Spirit AeroSystems on Wednesday delivered to Boeing its first 737 Max thrust reverser with a composite inner wall. Spirit ...

Landing a massive passenger aircraft requires a host of different systems and procedures to work correctly, and there are many redundancies in place when conditions are less than ideal or the ...

A Canadair CRJ similar to the one involved in the 2007 vibration incident. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Eddie Maloney In Part 1, we discussed how vibrations can cause challenges with aircraft ...