At 8,000 feet in the air, the pilot told air traffic controllers the plane's engine had failed. He then tried an emergency landing.

A scary audio recording caught the moment an American Airlines pilot declared a mayday shortly after takeoff. On Sunday, Aug. 17, American Airlines flight 2616 departed Boston Logan International ...

Anxiety-inducing audio captured a United Airlines pilot calling “Mayday” when one of its engines failed moments after taking off for a trans-Atlantic flight. “Failure, engine failure, left engine,” ...

Mayday declared FILE PHOTO: A United Airlines flight that had taken off from Washington Dulles International Airport had to return shortly after takeoff when the pilot told air traffic control that ...

Just as dinner service began on Delta flight 56 from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, we hit the craziest turbulence I've ever seen in my life. Another passenger on the plane says people who didn't have ...

A plane flying from Toronto with 164 people onboard appeared to bounce after landing at the Caribbean Island airport of Sint Maarten and skidding down the runway. WestJet flight 2276's landing gear ...

If you've ever seen a movie with a ship or airplane in distress, you've probably heard the emergency call “Mayday.” The famous distress signal is well known to the public as well as the professionals ...