An Air Start Unit (ASU) is a pneumatic starting system. Most jets use an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) but the ASU is an ...

Losing one engine during takeoff can be more dangerous for twin-engine aircraft because asymmetric thrust will catapult the ...

India is likely to soon start Tejas F414 engines and fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft engines manufacturing ...

Rolls-Royce plc - not to be confused with Rolls Royce Motor Cars - is probably best known for its airplane engines. Here's the story behind them.

According to local media outlets, including German paper Die Welt and The Daily Mail, passengers saw flames shooting from one of the plane's engines midair. The plane landed in Italy's coastal city of ...

A small plane that crashed in Gloucester County on July 2 lost engine power after takeoff, according to a report released this week by the National Transportation Safety Board. In a preliminary ...

The Houston-based startup successfully completed the first U.S. flight test of an exotic new type of engine, capable of enabling aircraft to travel four to six times the speed of sound—and ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- From the start of the flight in Taiwan's capital, survivor Huang Jin-sun suspected trouble. "There was some sound next to me. It did not feel right shortly after takeoff. The ...