The International Civil Aviation Organisation says the ban is necessary because batteries can create intense fires that could destroy aircraft.   The ban is scheduled to come into force on 1 April.   Adoption of the ICAO decision is not ...

    TOKYO - More than 150 passengers were forced to evacuate a passenger jet in Japan after an engine problem caused smoke to enter the cabin moments before takeoff, officials said Tuesday. Four people were injured as they ...

    BANGKOK - Chinese tourists receive souvenirs from airport officers as part of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand, February 5, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha ...

    The plane, which had just landed, was making its way to the terminal at Birmingham Airport when it "manoeuvred" off the tarmac.   Plane leaves runway at Birmingham Airport The aircraft ended up on ...

    When several people fell ill two hours into American Airlines Flight 109 from London to Los Angeles on Jan. 27, the pilots turned the plane around.   Aboard the Boeing 777, one flight attendant had collapsed in the aisle while other crew and passenge...

    ROMULUS (WWJ) - There's been an accident at Detroit Metro Airport involving two planes. The incident happened around 6 a.m. Wednesday when the wing of an American Airlines plane clipped the tail of a Southwest Airlines while on the...

 DULLES, Va. (WUSA9) -- A flight bound for Seattle had to make an emergency landing minutes after taking off from Reagan National Airport after the pilots smelled smoke in the flight deck. The Alaska Airlines pilots were taken to a ...

    An A380 Airbus flies during the International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE) at the international airport of Santiago March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/Files The number of air accidents and resulting fatalities dropped in 2015 ...

 By JOAN LOWY   This file frame grab from video, provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows a test at the FAAs technical center in Atlantic City, N.J. last April, where a cargo container was packed with 5,000 rechargeable...

  The House Transportation Committee approved Thursday an amendment to increase the month of rest time that is given to flight attendants between work shifts. The measure, which was attached to a Federal Aviation Administration funding bill, calls for the minimum amount of rest time between flights that is given to flight attendants to be increa...