mid-flight. Should the F-111 need to generate lift and/or drag, the wings can extend outward, offering more stability and lift. Alternatively, should the F-111 need to reduce drag, say to go fast ...

After I watched a rough cut of "Crash of Flight 111" here at the NOVA offices, a colleague who watched it with me asked, "Why don't they just beam black-box data in real time to ground stations ...

The search for the cause of the fire that brought down Swissair Flight 111 on the evening of September 2, 1998, killing all 229 people aboard, took over four years and cost $39 million.

A Brazilian government source told AFP that 111 passengers were on the civilian aircraft which left from Louisiana and arrived in northeastern Fortaleza -- confirmed by an AFP photographer on the ...

2, 1998, the Canadian Press reported. Swissair Flight 111 was bound for Geneva, departing from New York City. Nearly an hour after takeoff, flying at 33,000 feet in the air, the flight crew ...