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 ...

The new Airbus A320neo takes off for its first test flight at Toulouse-Blagnac airport, southwestern France, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. Airbus sent its new A320neo jet up for its first flight Thursday ...

Considering the potential chaos that can ensue with a hydraulic system failure or malfunction, all possible efforts should be made to verify that the system is in proper working order prior to flight.

RC-135 planes are lined up at Offutt Air Force Base in 2012. Older jets like Offutt's half-century-old RC-135s are notorious for leaks in the hydraulic systems. The hydraulic systems allow the ...

Answer: In the old days, multiple failures in the simulator were common. Some instructors wrongly assumed that adding more and more failures was a good technique. We later learned that it was negative ...

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, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The new Airbus A320neo takes off for its first test flight at Toulouse-Blagnac airport, southwestern France, Thursday, Sept. 25, ...