A small Mexican Navy plane transporting a young medical patient and seven others crashed Monday near Galveston, killing six people.

Firefighters said that the pilot deployed an "airframe parachute system," which allowed the aircraft to make a safe landing ...

An airplane has, for the first time, automatically landed itself after an in-flight emergency, according to the system’s manufacturer.

A small aircraft flying from Aspen, Colo. to Denver landed safely after an autonomous system activated on board. The plane ...

A small plane landed itself at a Colorado airport Saturday in what Garmin says was the first-ever use of its Autoland system ...

The autonomous function safely guided the aircraft down to the runway, where first responders ensured the two pilots on board were unharmed.

But the plane’s use of the autonomous feature — which is designed to be activated in emergency situations, like when a pilot is incapacitated — is leading to confusion among responders.

For the first time in general aviation history, a small plane landed itself safely at a Colorado airport after activating ...

For the first time, an automatic landing system called Autoland was used to land a plane in Colorado after pilots reported ...

A small plane made history after it used the autoland system to touch down in a real emergency, marking its first-ever use.