When Southwest Airlines on Tuesday grounded 128 planes after discovering it failed to perform mandatory inspections of the backup hydraulic systems on the aircrafts, it begged the obvious question: ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that improper maintenance during a brake system modification ...

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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its final report on the American Airlines Boeing 737 runway ...

Portland, OR, Nov. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to the report published by Allied Market Research, the global aircraft brake system market generated $10.52 billion in 2020, and is ...

UK investigators have found that a parked Bombardier Q400 had its chocks prematurely removed, and that its parking brake hydraulic pressure had depleted, before it rolled 70m across a taxiway and ...

In hydraulic brake system, operating force applied to the brake pedal is delivered to the hydraulic unit which generates hydraulic pressure (using the Pascal’s law) for braking. Braking force is ...

An introduction to the core principles of braking systems in mechanical design. A high-level introduction to the application of braking systems in machinery and equipment, as well as their relevance ...

Typical, medium-duty, hydraulic brake system with front discs (red circuit) and rear drums (green circuit). Boost, or assist (blue circuit), is provided by an engine-driven pump, although the power ...