Airplane windows have a distinctive rounded-oval shape, unlike those found elsewhere. Why this design? It boils down to ...

Plane manufacturers design commercial aircraft equipment to withstand heavy landings, but even these have limits, Stephens said. Stephens, who has a background in engineering, said metal fatigue ...

Repainting airplanes is also an opportunity for airlines ... If plane maintenance is neglected, corrosion and metal fatigue could lead to a major accident. Like Aloha Airlines flight 243, when ...

Laser shock peening is a surface treatment process for increasing the strength and reliability of metal ... blades in aircraft to foreign object damage and improving high-cycle fatigue life.