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The apparent downing of a Malaysian passenger jet and the loss of nearly 300 lives could be a game changer in the Ukraine crisis, piling pressure on key players, Russia foremost.
In the Media
by Cecile Feuillatre (AFP)
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Washington, D. C. -
US military officials were pleased Monday to announce that the most expensive weapon ever built, the new F-35 war plane, has been cleared to fly again, although with limitations.
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Kiev -
Social media posts by pro-Russian insurgents -- most of them hastily removed -- suggest the rebels thought they had shot down a Ukrainian army plane before realising in horror that it was in fact a packed Malaysian airliner.
In the Media
by Dmitry Zaks (AFP)
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A military research team in the UK has released plans for a three-part plane which can detach into faster planes then reform when the enemy has been shaken off. The concept so far looks quite impressive.
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Cheyenne -
A manager at a Domino's Pizza in Cheyenne, Wyoming, received an order from a Frontier Airlines pilot, who wanted to feed passengers that were stuck on a delayed plane.
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Alberton -
The last of three Boeing 737 fuselages that toppled into a Montana river after a train derailment was expected to be recovered Tuesday.
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Perth -
A new search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is scheduled to resume this summer, hundreds of miles south of where an underwater drone scanned the Indian Ocean seabed for weeks earlier this year but found no trace.
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A small plane narrowly missed wiping out a sunbather on a beach on Dune Island in the Heligoland archipelago off the coast of Germany. The pilot said "It wasn't one of my greatest achievements in the cockpit," as he misjudged his landing over the beach.
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Last week a plane had to make an emergency landing after a dog defecated in the center of the aisle, not once, but twice.
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Klagenfurt -
It seems that Daryl Hannah, star of "Splash" and "Kill Bill," has always been afraid of flying, but is even more so now after a private jet she was traveling in lost cabin pressure 10 kilometers above Austria.
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Perth -
A large metal object that washed up on an Australia beach this week was not from the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner that vanished more than a month ago, authorities said Thursday.
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Caboolture -
Five people are feared dead after a light plane crashed at an airfield in eastern Australia on Saturday, emergency service workers said.The plane, used for skydiving, took off before veering left, crashing and bursting into flames at Caboolture, 50 kil...
In the Media
by AFP
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New York -
Three people escaped serious injury as a single-engine aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing on an interstate expressway in the New York borough of the Bronx, Saturday afternoon.
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On a holiday known in the United States as Thanksgiving, the play-by-play of a passive-aggressive exchange of notes between two airplane passengers was chronicled on Twitter.
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Philadelphia -
The FBI is investigating a phoned-in tip after a flight heading from Ireland was forced to land because of a hoax bomb threat.
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Madrid -
Spain is trying to defuse a diplomatic spat on Friday, over Bolivian President Evo Morales' plane and its diversion, due to suspicions that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was stowed-away on board.
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Ohio pilot plans to fly his Cessna 172 airplane across the U.S.-Canadian border 90 times on his 90th birthday. He will start his journey in Buffalo, NY near the site of the closest call of his piloting career.
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Luckily this US soldier landed safely after his reserve parachute accidentally deployed and he was sucked off the launching ramp of the plane and into the wild blue yonder.
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Valencia -
On Sunday morning, a small plane crashed into a residential building in Valencia, capital of Carabobo state in Venezuela. The pilot and co-pilot died in the crash.
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A woman has been filmed smoking a cigarette on a Middle East airline plane. The video was put online and since being posted, it has been viewed more than 50,000 times.
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Denpasar -
A passenger plane with around 100 passengers has overshot a runway in Bali and plummeted into the sea. According to reports all of the passengers and crew on-board survived the crash.
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Authorities in southeastern Tennessee said Friday that they were searching for a student pilot who was thrown from an aircraft while learning to fly with an instructor.
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Three Canadian crew members of an Antarctic research plane are presumed dead after their aircraft crashed during a flight between two research camps.
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An amazing footage shows the moment a light bi-plane, purportedly moving at 200mph, misses a man riding on a scooter, and then a woman holding a camera filming the bike rider on a runway.
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Mangalore -
A student pilot showed incredible calm and poise when he was forced to make a crash landing after a wheel fell off his airplane mid flight.
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Although current frequent travelers won't enjoy the luxury of in-plane internet access, Boeing is officially working on it. There's no mention on when this feature will be implemented on commercial air planes, but it is nice to know it will one day.
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Davenport -
As air show fans looked on in horror, a Soviet Cold War era plane crashed and burned in Iowa, killing the pilot. The whole thing was captured on video, including the emotional reaction of the crowd as they witnessed the tragedy.
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New York -
A swarm of thousands of bees were gathered on the wing of a plane and a professional beekeeper had to be called out. Stephen Repasky removed the bees from the plane.
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Jakarta -
At least six people have been killed when an Indonesia Air Force plane crashed into a residential area of Jakarta today. The Fokker F-27 was on a routine training flight when it crashed.
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Weird spiraling lights were seen over Middle Eastern countries last night. People panicked and called the police, saying they had seen a UFO.
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An Air Canada plane
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Cessna plane crashes into Arizona High School
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ATR 72 of Aer Arann (EI-REE) taking off from Bristol International Airport, Bristol, England.
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A plane facing heavy snow at Heathrow
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A single engine plane flown by a student pilot makes a crash landing after a wheel fell of the plane mid flight.
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A water bomber plane hovering over British Columbia
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British Airways' Airbus A320
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A photo of Chicago from a plane, on Tuesday January 7, 2014
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A light aircraft like this Piper Saratoga made an emergency landing near Bloemfontein.
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Hispano Aviación HA-200 "Saeta"
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A Trip Airlines plane
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United Express- Colgan Air
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A Ryanair plane. (With pilots I hope)
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Piaggio P 166S Albatross of 27 Squadron, SAAF.
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A Boeing 737 skids off the runway in Bali
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