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+7 +2Airliner crashes after take-off in Mexico
A plane has crashed in the capital of Mexico's Durango state, television images show, with the state governor confirming nobody was killed. Governor José Aispuro tweeted that there were no deaths among the 101 aboard, although around 85 were injured - two critically. Aeroméxico flight AM2431 was flying from Guadalupe Victoria International Airport to Mexico City.
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+15 +5From aircraft cleaner to airline pilot! Man celebrates achieving captain rank after 24 years
A man identified as Mohammed Abubakar started work in the aviation industry as an aircraft cleaner but today, he was decorated as a captain. According to a post shared on Twitter, Abubakar started his career 24 years ago.
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+2 +1The 8 scariest airports to fly into
Don’t look out the window.
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+2 +1JetBlue Pilots land their First Ever Labor Deal
This week, JetBlue Airways pilots agreed on the first labour contract in the low-cost carrier’s history. The JetBlue pilots contract will increase rates of pay for pilots and improve conditions. It’s good news for pilots, passengers and investors. So let’s take a look at the specifics of the JetBlue pilots deal.
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+3 +1Long Lost WWII P-38 Discovered Under 300 Feet of Ice in Greenland
The P-38 "Echo" is part of the Lost Squadron of aircraft that were forced to crash land in Greenland during a blizzard.
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+4 +1Emirates Removed Autistic, Epileptic Teen From Flight Along With His Entire Family
Problems started when the family boarded an Emirates flight from Dubai, UAE, to Lyon, France – the last leg of the journey – and Kumar requested the flight crew for an extra seat for her epileptic son.
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+3 +1Dozens heard Amelia Earhart’s final, chilling pleas for help, researchers say
A group of researchers believes Amelia Earhart made several attempts to reach civilization in her final days — and that her messages got through.
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+13 +4New supersonic jet that can fly from London to New York in under four hours could change global travel forever
‘This is not a private jet for the ultra-wealthy ... we want to get the economy of the plane down so that anybody who flies can fly fast’
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+8 +1All 13 passengers survive WWII-era plane crash in Texas
Shortly after the C-47 cargo plane took flight, it crashed and caught fire in Burnet, Texas, on Saturday.
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+19 +2Larry Page is quietly amassing a ‘flying car’ empire
One flying car seems absurd; Larry Page has three.
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+11 +2Southwest Airlines will stop serving peanuts and people are pissed
Peanuts were an iconic part of Southwest flights.
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+28 +7Rolls-Royce is developing tiny 'cockroach' robots to crawl in and fix airplane engines
The U.K. engineer plans to cut down on flight time lost by airlines to essential maintenance.
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+12 +2FAA Gives the OK for Airlines to Jam You Into Dangerously Small Coach Seats
Many of us know the moment of dread. You’ve boarded the airplane and you’re in the seat. The last passengers are still coming down the aisle. There’s an empty seat next to you. The people streaming down the aisle are of assorted sizes…pray for a slim one. But no, it has to be the unraveling 300-pound latecomer. They struggle to ram their bag in the bin. They collapse into the seat, thighs and hips barely contained, a chunky arm and an elbow spilling into your space.
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+13 +2Somehow Air Force One Isn’t American Enough for Donald Trump
Air Force One isn’t American enough for Donald Trump. According to Axios, the president wants to give the plane a paint job, ditching the classic light blue, which Trump refers to as a “Jackie Kennedy color.” Trump reportedly wants the new color scheme to be red, white, and blue so that the plane “looks more American.”
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+10 +2FAA refuses to regulate airline seating, says tight rows are safe for evacuations
In response to a federal appeals court case, the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that it doesn't need to regulate airline seating because evacuation tests prove there is enough room to maneuver, despite consumer complaints about cramped quarters. The group FlyersRights.org challenged the FAA at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit over concerns that tighter seating with larger passengers could prevent evacuations within the goal of 90 seconds. The appeals panel ordered FAA nearly a year ago to review its safety rules for seating.
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+12 +5The Billionaire Space Race Is Making Life Difficult for Airlines
On Feb. 6, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its largest rocket into the blue Florida sky. Onboard was “Starman,” a dummy strapped into the billionaire’s cherry red Tesla roadster. Minutes later, fans cheered as Musk topped himself by nailing a simultaneous landing of the Falcon Heavy’s boosters. It was arguably a turning point for the commercial space age. Airlines were somewhat less thrilled. On that day, 563 flights were delayed and 62 extra miles added to flights in the southeast region of the U.S., according to Federal Aviation Administration data released Tuesday by the Air Line Pilots Association, or ALPA.
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+10 +2Your airplane can now be hacked from the ground in mid-flight, security expert warns
A 3security researcher is set to prove how security weaknesses in satellite communication (SATCOM) technology exposed “some of the largest airlines in the U.S. and Europe” to hackers and could be exploited by adversaries to reveal NATO bases in conflict zones. Building on research first published in 2014, Ruben Santamarta, an expert at cybersecurity company IO/Active, will tell attendees at 2018’s BlackHat hacker conference in August how “entire fleets” of airplanes were left accessible from the internet, leaving hundreds of in-flight craft at risk.
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+22 +2Emirates looks to windowless planes
The airline is testing virtual windows that could pave the way for lighter and faster planes.
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+2 +1Dog dies during Delta Air Lines layover in Michigan
A dog being flown by Delta Air Lines from Phoenix to Newark, New Jersey, died during the trip Wednesday, according to a spokeswoman for the airline. The owners, Michael Dellegrazie and his girlfriend, were moving from Phoenix to New York and decided to put their 8-year-old Pomeranian, Alejandro, on a plane so they could pick the dog up at the Newark airport.
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+9 +3Airline settles with owner of puppy that died in overhead bin
United Airlines has settled with the owners of a French bulldog puppy that died after a flight attendant insisted that the carrier containing the dog be stowed in an overhead bin for a 3-hour flight.
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