The notion of a cockpit-less plane sounds bizarre now, but at the time, the periscope concept was seen as a viable idea.

There’s a Flight Data Recorder (FDR), charged with recording aircraft telemetry, and a Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), designed to record what’s going on in the cabin. It sounds straightforward ...

“Delta 2983, affirmative,” the Departure controller responds. The pilot also noted they received a warning in the cockpit, called a “resolution advisory” from the plane’s Traffic Alert ...

A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training, sounded alarms in the ...