The hydrofoil is very similar to the hovercraft, because it moves in the boundary between air and water. It avoids drag by lifting itself out of the water, using wing-shaped structures called hydrofoils that extend into the water from the craft. These...

A hydrofoil is a boat with wing-like foils mounted on struts below the hull. As the craft increases its speed the hydrofoils develop enough lift for the boat to become foilborne - i.e. to raise the hull up and out of the water. This results in a great...

A cargo ship and a commuter hydrofoil collided near the entrance to the Sicilian port of Messina on Monday evening, killing four people and leaving dozens of passengers injured, officials said.Five of the passengers were in serious condition, police said. No one aboard the cargo...

A cargo ship and a commuter hydrofoil collided near the entrance to the Sicilian port of Messina on Monday evening, injuring about 55 people, at least three of them seriously, officials said. Firefighters were trying to free some of the people who were trapped in...

Investigators will need weeks to understand the cause of this week's deadly collision between a container ship and a commuter hydrofoil near the entrance to the Sicilian port of Messina, Italy's transportation minister said Wednesday.Alessandro Bianchi said in a report to the lower house of...

Two hydrofoils ferrying passengers between the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau collided Friday night in heavy fog, seriously injuring 19 people, a Macau government spokesman said.The poor visibility was also blamed for a number of other maritime accidents in the region. Parts of...