American Airlines aircraft blows tire in smoke-filled, fiery runway incident
Smoke-filled video showed the moment an American Airlines plane suffered a tire blowout during takeoff at Tampa International Airport in Florida. The Federal Aviation Administration and American Airlines confirmed to Fox News Digital that the Boeing 737-800 plane crashed around 7:50 a.m. ET on Wednesday while en route from Tampa International Airport to Phoenix Sky […]
‘U.S. Aircraft Carriers Are an Obsolete Weapons System’
Abdulmalik al-Houthi, leader of the Yemeni terrorist group Ansarullah, boasted in a nationwide address on Thursday that his group’s jihadists had turned a US aircraft carrier into an “obsolete weapon.” The Houthis, who control Yemen’s capital Sanaa and receive significant support from terror-sponsoring state Iran, declared war on Israel in October in support of fellow […]
Man Admits To Illegally Exporting ‘Sophisticated And Controlled’ Aircraft Tech To Russian Security Service, Feds Say
A Kansas businessman has admitted to violating export control and money laundering laws by illegally exporting U.S.-made aviation electronics to Russia before and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday. Douglas Edward Robertson, 56, of Olathe, pleaded guilty to engaging in a “long-standing conspiracy to circumvent U.S. export laws by submitting […]
US Aircraft Carrier Arrives In South Korea Amid Spiking Tensions With The North
The US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Saturday amid rising tensions between South Korea and North Korea in recent weeks, the Associated Press reported. USS Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group Arrived The carrier arrived on the Korean peninsula for joint military exercises with South Korea and Japan. Its arrival comes amid rising tensions between […]
Aircraft carrying Malawi’s vice-president goes missing | Malawi
The plane carrying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others has gone missing, the presidency said in a statement on Monday evening. The Malawi Defence Force plane “disappeared from radar” after taking off from the capital Lilongwe at 9:17 a.m. local time (8:17 a.m. BST), but failed to land at the scheduled time of […]
Video Appears To Show Ceiling Panel Fall Off Aircraft During Landing
Video of a Delta Airlines flight Saturday from Honolulu to Minneapolis appeared to show an interior panel fall above passenger’s heads. Passenger Marissa Walton filmed the moment that showed a panel from the Boeing 767 aircraft ceiling dislodge during landing, the New York Post reported. “I’m not an expert, but this doesn’t look great,” Walton […]
FAA Receives Boeing’s Plan To Address Aircraft Safety And Quality Issues
Boeing unveiled plans Thursday to address safety and quality concerns, CBS News reported. Boeing, at the direction of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has proposed a comprehensive plan to address long-standing safety and quality issues in its aircraft manufacturing processes. The effort comes after a Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner operated by Alaska Airlines crashed […]
Boeing Aircraft Forced To Make Emergency Landing After Engine Catches Fire
A Boeing 747-400 aircraft operated by Garuda Indonesia filled with 450 passengers had to make an emergency landing while en route to Saudi Arabia, The Aviation Herald reported Wednesday. The plane was just taking off from Makassar, Indonesia, when a loud bang and flames were emitted from the plane’s fourth engine, the outlet reported. (RELATED: […]
3 Killed After Aircraft Disintegrates Mid-Air
The crash in Tennessee on Wednesday resulted in the plane breaking up mid-air, killing three people, ABC News reported. Three people were killed when a Beech V35 plane crashed near Franklin in Williamson County. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has been notified and is investigating the accident. according to Go to ABC News. The […]
Trump’s private jet clips unoccupied aircraft landing in Florida
A private jet clipped an unoccupied plane after landing at a Florida airport on Sunday, and according to multiple reports, it was former President Donald Trump’s aircraft. A notice from the Federal Aviation Administration, viewed by WFLA, listed the aircraft that clipped the other while taxiing as “N757AF,” a registration number that can be clearly […]