Iran blasts mock U.S. carrier in war games
Iran said the aircraft carrier target was a full-size replica of the USS Nimitz. “Iranian naval forces displayed their skills in targeting enemy vessels and destroyed a mock U.S. aircraft…
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UK jets intercept Russian aircraft near British airspace
“The Russian planes were escorted by the RAF until they were out of the UK area of interest. At no time did the Russian military aircraft cross into UK sovereign…
Ukraine ceasefire must be respected, leaders say
The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany spoke Thursday by phone in an apparent attempt to shore up a ceasefire deal shaken by Ukraine’s forced retreat from a key…
Commercial drone permission comes with strings attached
The permission to operate the roughly $1,000 remote controlled aircraft makes him the first realtor in the United States to be able to legally fly a drone for business purposes….
U.S. Airways plane makes emergency landing without nose gear
The Embraer 190 had 52 passengers and four crew members on board, said Victoria Lupica, spokeswoman for American Airlines, which merged with U.S. Airways. “The passengers exited the aircraft on…
AirAsia statement on missing airliner
The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC. There were two pilots, four flight attendants and one engineer on board. The captain in command had a total…
Bad weather hinders search for AirAsia Flight QZ8501; seven bodies recovered
Answers about why the aircraft, with 162 people on board, fell from the sky Sunday remained elusive. Among the seven bodies recovered so far — not 10, as earlier reports…
Discovery of AirAsia Flight QZ8501’s tail could lead to black boxes
Divers were sent to the location and plunged into the waves. Down on the sea floor, they were able to take pictures of the wreckage. Finding the tail section is…
Brian Williams’ Mugging Story Comes Under Scrutiny
Ever since Brian Williams admitted last week that he had embellished a story about his exploits during the Iraq War, other anecdotes shared by the NBC anchor — including a…
Pilot’s Body Found Still Clutching Joystick Of Crashed Taiwan Plane
TAIPEI, Feb 6 (Reuters) – The pilot of a doomed TransAsia plane, hailed as a hero for his actions in the final moments before a crash that killed 31 people,…
SCOTUS puts temporary hold on Texas execution
Bower was convicted in 1984 of taking part in the murder of four men while attempting to steal an ultra-light aircraft. The state argues that Bower was “properly convicted and…
TransAsia Airways Under Scrutiny After Fatal Taiwan Crash
HONG KONG — The crash of a passenger plane into a river in Taiwan on Wednesday, which killed at least 31 people, has renewed questions about the safety of the…
Rescuers search for 11 still missing from Taiwan plane that crashed in river
One of the bodies was recovered Thursday from the cabin of the ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop aircraft, which had earlier been hauled out of the Keelung River in Taipei, the…
Taiwan grounds ATR 72s amid safety concerns
TransAsia operates six ATR 72-500s and four ATR 72-600s including the ATR 72-600 which crashed Wednesday. Uri Air has 12 ATR 72-600s. Fred Wu, President of TransAsia Airways, told journalists…
NBC’s Brian Williams Admits He Was Never On Helicopter Forced Down In Iraq
NEW YORK — “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams said Wednesday that he had not been aboard a helicopter that was struck and forced down in Iraq in 2003, as…
New Air Force One will carry a powerful legacy
It’s been done. That’s basically Air Force One in a nutshell. Now the Pentagon has announced the next generation of this world-class icon will be a military version of the…
U.S. Air Force Will Pick Boeing 747-8 To Replace Air Foce One
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force plans to announce on Wednesday that it has decided to use Boeing Co’s commercial 747-8 airliner to replace its current fleet…
Flight attendants complained about ‘menacing’ images on aircraft
The aircraft was being prepared for takeoff when flight attendants became aware oil from the aircraft’s auxiliary engine was used to paint the words “BYE BYE” in 6-inch-high letters above…
How AirAsia flight compares to Air France 447 crash
From its cruise altitude, the airplane’s gliding distance would also be about 100 miles, but consider that for the debris to drift that same 100 miles it would only take…
Missing plane and air disasters: How bad was 2014?
With the AirAsia disappearance now counted as a crash, this year’s number totals 111. The last time the world had 111 crashes was in 1927. “If you consider sheer numbers…