Social media posts are circulating online, showing a lightning bolt zap an airplane Monday night as it flew over Seattle’s ...

At least two other planes have been struck by lightning in the past year: a Delta Air Lines flight in April and an Air Canada ...

The Federal Aviation Administration confirms that Delta flight 1213 to Atlanta experienced an engine fire at about 11:15 local time. That aircraft appears to have registration N807NW, according to ...

The unhinged Russian stowaway who snuck onto a Paris-bound flight at JFK Airport last year gained access to the plane by blending in with a group of passengers and sneaking past two distracted ...

However, it's been over 50 years since the U.S. has seen a plane crash caused by lightning; Pan American Flight 214 was struck, which set off a reserve fuel tank in one of the wings. Pilots will ...

Delta Flight 1213 was due to leave the Florida airport for Atlanta at 11.15am ET on Monday when a fire started in the tailpipe of one of the aircraft's two engines. Flames were spotted coming from ...

Chris Cosner Every airliner is struck by lightning in flight at least once a year, on average. Passengers rarely know it at the time, in part because the airplane’s aluminum hull conducts the ...

The engine fire broke out late Monday morning on Delta Air Lines Flight 1213 while the plane was at the ramp before a scheduled departure from Orlando to Atlanta, airport officials said on social ...

Passengers on Delta Flight 1213 from Orlando to Atlanta were quickly evacuated. The plane was carrying 282 passengers, 10 flight attendants and 2 pilots. “We appreciate our customers ...