Aeration occurs when air contaminates the hydraulic fluid. Symptoms include foaming of the fluid, erratic actuator movements, and a banging or knocking noise when it compresses and decompresses as it ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus <AIR.PA> is facing a new batch of technical problems with some of its new A320neo medium-haul jets on top of previously reported engine glitches that caused delivery delays, ...

Two Northwest Airlines planes collided on the ground in 2005 after thrust reversers failed, in effect meaning the pilot was unknowingly hitting the gas instead of the brakes, according to a recent ...

It was an odd sight at San Francisco International Airport Tuesday morning: A 747 sitting on its tail with its nose in the air. The pilot of the previously Tokyo-bound United Airlines jet had returned ...

Converting mechanical energy to fluid form provides the "muscle" in a fluid-power system. The power source is the key element in a fluid-power system. In a pneumatic system the power source is an air ...