Jet engines are relatively simple in their basic design, but advancements in gas turbine engine technology have mostly done away with the cool-looking bucket-type reverse thrust systems. These thrust ...

Question: Do they really reverse the engines after landing to slow the aircraft? If so, doesn't this put a huge strain on the engines? — Submitted by reader Andy, Granada Hills, Calif. Answer: Reverse ...

UK investigators have found that an Airbus A320 captain, having initiated a go-around on touchdown at Corfu, cycled the thrust levers forward and back after realising reverse-thrust had already been ...

New Zealand investigators have determined that a Jetstar Airbus A320 was damaged during a taxiway excursion at Christchurch, ...

CHICAGO - The reverse thrusters that should have slowed a Southwest Airlines jetliner before it slid off a runway didn't kick in immediately when the pilots tried to deploy them, federal investigators ...