"A commercial flight diverted to RDU due to reports of smoke inside the aircraft," RDU said. "The plane landed safely and is being towed to a gate." No planes were able to land for about 10 minutes.

In several recent, rather romantic-sounding stories and letters about flying gliders over Boulder, it was emphasized that gliders don’t use engines and pilots only use rising air to gain altitude.

If you think backing your truck out of a parking spot without a reversing camera is hard, imagine reversing away from a crowded airport gate in a 400-ton airplane, with not a rear view mirror in sight ...

A plane made an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport Thursday morning.RDU said there were reports of smoke in the plane, which prompted the emergency landing.Top Stories:Hanes ...