Several aspects about the Oct. 6 private plane crash that killed a local pilot when a wing fell off soon after taking flight in East Hampton may suggest possible causes, including a missing nut, ...

A fatal 2018 Piper Arrow wing separation caused by undetected metal fatigue cracks led to an Airworthiness Directive (AD) mandating new inspections for numerous Piper models. The author's Piper Arrow, ...

A Virgin Atlantic flight bound for New York City was canceled right before it was set to take off on January 15 after a passenger noticed that several screws were missing from the Airbus A330's wing.

A New York-bound Virgin Atlantic flight was canceled just moments before takeoff last week when an alarmed passenger said he spotted several screws missing from the plane’s wing. British traveler Phil ...

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An alert passenger, perhaps just trying to be helpful and still having the memory of the January 5 incident in which a side panel on an airplane blew off in midflight due to a problem with the screws, ...