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AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images via Getty Images (TIJUANA, MEXICO) — A 31-year-old man was arrested for allegedly trying to hijack a Mexican domestic commercial flight and reroute the aircraft to the U.S. Sunday morning, according to Mexican authorities and the airline, Volaris. At some point after the flight took off this morning from León traveling to Tijuana, […]
People stand at the site after a Saurya Airlines plane crashed during takeoff at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on July 24, 2024. (Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — At least 18 people were killed when a plane crashed during takeoff in Nepal on Wednesday, aviation officials said. Nineteen people were on board […]
DuKai photographer/Getty Images (LONDON) — Two passenger planes have collided in Hokkaido, Japan, according to Japanese media reports. The incident took place at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, some 110 miles east of the city of Sapporo in the northern part of the country, at approximately 5:30 p.m. local time, according to NHK in Japan. […]
Elysian (NEW YORK) — The race to decarbonize the aviation industry is heating up, with researchers finding a way to make passenger airplanes operate on 100% electric power. A newly designed electric aircraft, called the E9X, can now hold more passengers and fly farther than what was previously thought to be possible, according to aviation […]
Image Source/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Sean Bates went for a Sunday walk in Oregon, he was keeping an eye out for the door plug from Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. The National Transportation Safety Board had asked the public for help locating the plug, which fell out of the Boeing 737 Max 9 moments […]
EllenMoran/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A passenger sitting next to the man on the Asiana Airlines flight who opened an emergency exit door in mid-air has spoken out about those terrifying moments on the plane. Lee Yoon-Joon told the Yonhap News Agency that he initially didn’t have a good impression of his seatmate, claiming the […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A United Airlines passenger was arrested after he allegedly tried to open a plane emergency exit door and then allegedly tried to stab a flight attendant, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts. The incident took place during a Sunday flight from Los Angeles to Boston. Francisco Severo Torres, […]
Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images (LANSFORD, Penn.) — An explosive device was found in a checked piece of luggage at Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley International Airport on Monday, according to a criminal complaint. The passenger, Mark Muffley of Lansford, Pennsylvania, is now in custody, and an FBI agent testified that Muffley confirmed he was aware he had the explosive […]
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