This video excerpt from NOVA: "Crash of Flight 447" explores the powerful computer system that runs the A330 aircraft, controlling speed, altitude, direction, and more—in fact, every aspect of the ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The pilots of AirAsia Flight 8501 cut power to a critical computer system that normally prevents planes from going out of control shortly before it plunged into the Java Sea, two ...

Airliners can make a lot of noise and use a lot of fuel when they're coming in for a landing. A new onboard computer system, however, was recently shown to be effective at addressing both problems.

The FAA said its computers that process flight plans are again operational, after a malfunction caused widespread flight delays and cancellations on Thursday morning. The computers that malfunctioned ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has provided more insight into how updated flight computers on Boeing’s 737 Max respond to angle-of-attack (AoA) indicator failures. The updates, described in an 18 ...

Federal regulators have not taken adequate steps to protect computer systems on airliners from hackers, a government watchdog agency reported on Friday. The agency said the Federal Aviation ...

Incorrect configuration of flight-control computers, leading to a severe hard landing by an Airbus A330, has prompted a warning to operators to pay greater attention to installation of critical ...

When an altitude sensor failed on a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 flight to Amsterdam in 2009, the jetliner’s computerized flight controls erroneously cut the engine thrust. The pilots didn’t understand ...

Mon, 18 May 2015 13:17:43 GMT — A hacker who was arrested at Hancock International Airport is once again in trouble with the FBI. Chris Roberts is claiming that he took over airplane computer systems, ...

Boeing’s troubled 737 Max has run into a new glitch. During a recent technical review involving the Max, Boeing observed an issue with the plane’s flight computers, according to a source familiar with ...