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Malaysia mourns as bodies of MH17 victims finally come home
People across Malaysia held a minute's silence and wore black on Friday as the Southeast Asian country observed a day of mourning to mark the return of the first 20 bodies among its citizens killed when a jetliner was downed last month.
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Coming soon? Standing instead of sitting on planes
It's not some miserable dystopic movie scene about class polarization. The vertical passenger seat - or "standing cabin" - may be the next big cost-cutting move in aviation, according to a new report whose author says the concept could be here within five years.
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Man hospitalised after 400 gallons of water dropped on him from plane in ice bucket challenge
A daredevil was hospitalised after a friend dropped 400 gallons of water on him from a firefighting plane as part of the so-called "ice bucket challenge". Belgian photographer Bruno Brokken, 51, was knocked unconscious after the plane opened its load on him from a height of just 22 feet at an aerodrome near Girona in north east Spain.
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5 Ridiculous Myths About Air Travel You Probably Believe
You are not all going to die (at least not the way you think). The only way turbulence is going to bring down your airliner is if it's the final straw in a massive and improbable chain of events that you could live for literally 123,000 years and never see.
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Morgan Freeman lands malfunctioning plane en route to film premiere
Morgan Freeman, one of Hollywood's coolest voices, has shown his cool head by landing a malfunctioning plane before abandoning it for a second plane. On the face of it, it seems to bear the hallmarks of an action movie storyline's beginnings.
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$30mn bounty set to identify who shot down MH17 in Ukraine
$30 million will be given to those who help identify the perpetrators of the downing of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine that killed all 298 on board, said an independent German fraud investigation company.
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Should Airplanes Be Flying Themselves?
Airline pilots were once the heroes of the skies. Today, in the quest for safety, airplanes are meant to largely fly themselves. Which is why the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447, which killed 228 people, remains so perplexing and significant. William Langewiesche explores how a series of small errors turned a state-of-the-art cockpit into a death trap.
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German WWII dive bomber found off Croatia
A rare, well-preserved German World War II dive bomber has been found in Croatia's central Adriatic more than seven decades after it was shot down, the national conservation institute says.
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$500M worth of US-bought planes destroyed by Afghans, sold as scrap for 6 cents a pound
Sixteen military transport planes bought by the United States government for the Afghan Air Force (AAF) at a cost of nearly $500 million were recently destroyed by the Afghan military and sold for scrap parts at around six cents per pound, prompting a government inquiry to determine why millions of taxpayer dollars were wasted on the ill-fated program.
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Mysterious US military plane returns to Earth
An unmanned US plane on a top-secret, two-year mission to space has returned to Earth and landed in California. The aircraft, resembling a miniature space shuttle and known as the Orbital Test Vehicle or X-37B, spent 674 days in orbit around the planet. It was the unmanned plane's third space flight, but its mission has been shrouded in mystery.
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Mitsubishi Aircraft Unveils Japan’s First Passenger Jet
Japan's first passenger jet was unveiled today after a delay of almost four years, with a helping hand from bullet-train specialists as test flights were set for next year.
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Malaysia '99.9% Sure' Of Finding MH370
The country's defence minister tells Sky News he believes a new search with "cutting-edge" sonar technology will find the jet.
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Researchers Say They've Found A Piece Of Amelia Earhart's Lost Plane
Researchers argue that a chunk of metal discovered in 1991 belongs to Earhart's vanished Lockheed Electra.
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What's Up With That: Boarding Airplanes Takes Forever
Waiting to get on an airplane sucks. Is it possible that there's a better way?
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New evidence MH17 missile came from Russia
Crowd-funded report reveals ‘undeniable evidence’ missile that shot down MH17 supplied by Russia
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All on New Zealand plane parachute to safety before crash
Thirteen people on board a skydiving plane, including the pilot, parachuted to safety in New Zealand on Wednesday moments before the aircraft crashed into a lake. Witnesses saw a steady stream of people jumping from the plane, which authorities said experienced mechanical failure on its way to Lake Taupo, 280 km (175 miles) south of Auckland, for skydiving.
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Near supersonic speed: Boeing 777 catches jet stream, makes London-NY in 5 hours
A British Airways flight traveling from New York to London Heathrow broke a record as it approached the speed of sound after riding a powerful jet stream, making the journey in just over 5 hours.
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Aviation Geeks, Rejoice! A350 Makes First Flight
To the delight of aviation geeks everywhere, the Airbus A350 has made its first passenger flight
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The way we get off airplanes makes absolutely no sense
There are few things more infuriating about flying than waiting to get off an airplane. After flying across the country at hundreds of miles per hour, we spend dozens of minutes achingly close to our destinations, watching other people slowly get their bags out of the overhead bins and trod down the aisle.
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Malaysia Airlines MH370 Declared an 'Accident', Search for Survivors Ends
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has been officially declared an "accident" and the search for survivors has been called off, authorities said Thursday. A statement released by Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation said that all 239 people aboard the Boeing 777 were now presumed dead.
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