Orbis International’s Flying Eye Hospital first took off in 1982. Since then, the accredited ophthalmology teaching hospital — complete with a surgery suite, recovery room, and classroom — has flown ...

An idealistic ophthalmologist, he came up with an ingenious way to treat blindness in far-flung places: by outfitting an airplane with an operating room. By Michael S. Rosenwald David Paton, an ...

From quick hits to deep dives, this Mashable series cuts through the noise to explain what on Earth is going on and what you should know about it. This cargo plane has been transformed into a ...

In a quiet corner of Bangladesh's Shah Amanat International Airport, a solitary plane sits on the tarmac, the November sun reflecting off the white exterior. Rather than holding ticketed passengers, ...

An inside look at the world’s only flying eye hospital has revealed the complex operation required to keep this unique aircraft in the skies to bring sight-saving care to thousands in the developing ...

Once a dusty old cargo plane, this 1973 FedEx aircraft has been given a second life. Instead of carrying packages across continents, it now carries hope, for inside this sleek silver fuselage sits a ...