A D.C.-bound United Airlines Flight had to make an emergency landing in Nigeria on Friday after passengers and crew members ...

Natural forces also play a role, and powerful jet streams can sometimes help flights move much quicker than expected. On Wednesday, British Airways Flight 274, an Airbus A350, experienced an unusual ...

At least two flights briefly traveled faster than the speed of sound as the jet stream sped up, but there would not have been ...

The fastest recorded ground speed reached by a transatlantic flight was 835mph, which was hit by a commercial aircraft going ...