Sometimes, through no fault of their owners’ use, gun parts simply fail. In many cases, “fatigue failures” are to blame. Can they be predicted? A veteran firearm engineer answers that question.

Metal fatigue has been associated with the type of engine failure experienced with Southwest Flight 1380. The media suggests that it was unusual for this type of failure to occur at cruising ...

Metal fatigue seen as trigger for Boeing 777 engine failure A preliminary investigation suggested a crack that grew gradually over time prompted the failure. Alan Levin and Ryan Beene Bloomberg ...

Federal investigators say metal fatigue appears to be a factor in a mishap involving a united airlines plane bound for Honolulu.

Metal weakness like the fatigue found in a jet engine that exploded during a Southwest Airlines Co. flight on Tuesday can lie hidden for years and elude detection with even the most advanced ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has cited evidence of "metal fatigue" as a contributing factor in the engine failure of a Southwest flight that made an emergency landing and ...

Metal fatigue was cited as a factor in Tuesday's Southwest Airlines accident and even prompted the FAA to draft this proposal to make mandatory ultrasonic inspection of fan blades on this type engine.

U.S. NTSB investigators determined metal fatigue is suspected as the reason a fan blade fractured just before an in-fight engine failure suffered by United Airlines Flight 328 on Feb. 20, board ...

Fatigue due to repetitive strain is the leading cause of failure in metal components and structures, but new research shows how crystalline structures called nanotwins can slow the accumulation of ...

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to issue an emergency airworthiness directive that will require increased inspections of fan blades for signs of fatigue.

For the second time in four months a 240-ton leaf of a main Ohio River miter-gate lock has failed, severely restricting shipping and signaling, once again, that it can be perilous to depend on ...

The jet engine fan blade that broke loose on a United Airlines plane Saturday near Denver, triggering a massive failure leading to the grounding of dozens of Boeing 777s, resulted from metal ...