The weather was about as bad as it gets, in terms of dense fog. The pilots of a FedEx cargo plane couldn’t see the runway or the airfield at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. But they’re trained ...

Think about all of the decisions a pilot makes every moment he or she is in command — choices that must fit together just so to ensure a safe flight. Sometimes the choices are simple, like correcting ...

A pilot flying American Airlines Flight 2246 was preparing to land Tuesday at Ronald Reagan National Airport when air traffic ...

The FAA released a video explaining that the flight maneuver known as a "go-around" is a safe and standard procedure. A go-around occurs when pilots decide to abort a landing attempt, often due to ...

A 2016 Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) study of 16 years of runway excursions determined that “83 percent could have been avoided with a decision to go around. In other words, 54 percent of all ...

Over the last century, aviation has developed a remarkable safety record, but there is always room for mitigation to ensure it stays that way. A reoccurring point of concern comes in the case when ...

Failing to abandon a risky approach when necessary can be disastrous, but many times in the past few years, go-arounds – formerly considered a simple manoeuvre – have themselves ended in disaster. The ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The go-around maneuver a Frontier pilot used to land Tuesday at Cleveland Hopkins is a routine maneuver pilots practice. But the FAA now says the reason the plane pulled up again ...

Investigators have detailed how a bungled go-around resulted in a Boeing 737-300’s striking the runway as its gear retracted, causing substantial damage before the jet became airborne again. The Avia ...

Go-around is the Federal Reserve’s process for soliciting bid or offer prices from primary dealers for open market operations (OMO). OMO is when the central bank buys or sells Treasury securities in ...