Airplanes used to have black noses to help block sun reflection, and with radar accuracy, as technology has developed, it's no longer necessary.

The flight director instructed the flight crew to push the nose down ... circuit breakers that powered the black boxes. Back ...

NTSB report finds nose gear failure on Boeing 717-200 was caused by a fatigue fracture linked to manufacturing defects.

CHARLOTTE — We’re now learning why a Delta flight had to make an emergency landing at Charlotte Douglas International Airport without its nose landing ... gear in the plane led to the issue.

The plane touched down three minutes later without lowering its nose landing gear ... data and cockpit audio recorders — the so-called "black boxes" — were recovered quickly and first moved ...