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A toddler cried non-stop during a flight. Two strangers locked her in the bathroom
Two airline passengers who locked a stranger’s crying grandchild in a plane restroom have caused outrage in China and sparked a heated online debate on how to handle upset children in public spaces.
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Children living near airport found to have raised lead levels in blood
A study of children living near one such airport in US finds those within 1.5 kilometers are at highest risk
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The Potentially Revolutionary Celera 500L Aircraft Officially Breaks Cover
Otto Aviation aims to disrupt the aviation landscape with a design that flies at jet speeds, but uses a fraction of the gas, and has more range.
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World's first fully electric commercial aircraft takes flight in Canada
Company hails start of the ‘electric aviation age’ after 15-minute test flight in Vancouver
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Boeing’s 737 in another pickle - Leeham News and Analysis
The FAA has issued an Air Worthiness Directive (AD) for high time Boeing 737 NGs, requiring immediate inspections for cracks in their wing attachments called pickle forks. The cracks were discovered on high time aircraft which were torn down for conversion to freighters.
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MH370 pilot was in control 'until the end': French investigators
"Certain abnormal turns made by the 777 can only have been carried out manually. Someone was in control," they said.
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What Happens to Babies Born on Planes
When contractions begin at 39,000 feet...
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Man Restores Spitfire in Front Garden
Paul Linsell's World War Two replica, which he spent seven years restoring, is going on display at a museum.
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Stratolaunch First Flight
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Ethiopian Air pilots turned off 737 MAX anti-stall system. Then it turned on again
The pilots of Ethiopia Airlines Flight 302 apparently followed the proper steps to shut down an errant flight control system as they struggled to regain control of the 737 MAX aircraft shortly after takeoff. But according to multiple reports, data from the ill-fated aircraft’s flight recorder revealed that the anti-stall feature of the aircraft’s Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) was triggered at least three times—and at least one time after the pilots followed the correct steps to shut it down.
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Crashed jets reportedly lacked key safety features because Boeing charged extra for them
Boeing jets in Ethiopia and Indonesia lacked two safety features in their cockpits because the company charged extra to install them.
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Air Canada grounding 737 MAX until July 1 at the earliest
Air Canada has announced that it intends to remove 737 MA flying from its schedule until at least July 1, 2019 following Transport Canada's closure...
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Boeing 737 Max 8 pilots complained to feds for months about suspected safety flaw
Pilots repeatedly voiced safety concerns about the Boeing 737 Max 8 to federal authorities, with one captain calling the flight manual inadequate...
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Questions raised over ‘anti-stall’ system on Boeing 737 Max 8s after two crashes in six months
Both disasters saw the same model fall from the sky soon after take off: 11 minutes after the Lion Air flight departed Jakarta; six minutes after takeoff in Ethiopia
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An Open Letter to Thin People Who Feel Infringed on by Fat People on Airplanes
You don’t know me, but I know you. I see you glance at me over your magazine or phone at the gate. You cast your gaze downward when I meet it. “I hope I don’t get stuck next to he…
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Boeing 747: Why the jumbo jet was designed with a hump
On February 9, 2019, it will be 50 years since the first Boeing 747 took to the skies. Since its first passenger flight, in 1970, it has become the most successful commercial jet aircraft built. More than 1500 747s have rolled out of Boeing's Everett production facility, they've carried more than 3.5 billion passengers and flown the equivalent of 70,000-plus trips to the moon and back.
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Lockerbie - BBC News
The story of the Scottish town scarred by the bombing of Pan Am flight 103
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Napping American Airlines baggage handler trapped in cargo hold on flight to Chicago
An admittedly intoxicated American Airlines baggage handler fell asleep on the job and ended up flying from Kansas City to Chicago in the belly of a Boeing 737. The employee, who works for American subsidiary Piedmont Airlines at Kansas City International Airport, was working on the ramp for American Flight 363 on Saturday Oct. 27, when he apparently took a nap inside the cargo hold before the flight.
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KLM’s Arctic AR-10
In 1958 KLM began flying the transpolar route between Europe and Tokyo. Because of the dangerous route the flights took each plane carried an Arctic survival kit. This included: sleeping bags, tents, a raft, a shovel, snow shoes, a camp stove, cold weather clothing, a hatchet and a 7.62x51mm chambered ArmaLite AR-10.
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When pigs fly: the emotional support animals taking to the skies
Regulators are navigating the turbulent flight path of what animals should be allowed to fly as airlines make their own way
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