Things Are Kind of a Mess at Two New York Area Airports
A United Airlines airplane at Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, US, on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. The new terminal will see an estimated 14…
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Antonov An-225 Mriya Flies Again in Microsoft Flight Simulator
Photo: Zoonar RF (Getty Images)The world’s largest airplane, the Antonov An225 Mriya, was born in the Soviet Union in 1988. It measured 275 feet long and weighed nearly 420,000 pounds,…
Chinese Research Balloon Lost Over America Definitely Not Spying, Says China
That sounds like exactly what a spy would say. Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP)Have you ever played with a helium balloon and let it float off into the sky? Did you wonder where it might land,…
Parents Ditch Baby at Check-In After Failing to Buy the Infant a Ticket
A picture taken on August 31, 2020, shows the El Al’s airliner, which will carry a US-Israeli delegation to the UAE following a normalisation accord, lifting off from the tarmac in the…
Plane Almost Lands on Top of Semi Trailer in Texas
A small plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a toll road in Texas last weekend, but instead of hitting pavement the plane briefly brushed the top of a semi’s tractor-trailer…
Southwest Scheduled Too Many Flights in ’22 Travel Meltdown
Image: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images)The Southwest travel drama at the end of 2022 took place just over a month ago, but the airline is still feeling the ripple effects from thousands of…
Australian Airliner Turns Back During 3-Hour Flight Over Incomplete Paperwork
Photo: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg (Getty Images)Could you imagine being the passenger on a several-hour-long flight and having the plane turn around because of a clerical error? On Monday,…
Airport Worker Sucked Into Jet Engine Was Warned to Stand Back
An American Eagle Embraer 170, similar to the aircraft involved in the incident.Photo: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (Getty Images)Last month, the National Transportation Safety Board…
Recycling the World’s Largest Passenger Plane Is a Big Job
Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft as seen flying for landing at London Heathrow Airport LHR as it is arriving from Dubai UAE DXB.Photo: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto (Getty Images)It’s not easy,…
Flying Last Year Sucked. Expect More of the Same in 2023
Passengers check in for Delta flights at O’Hare International Airport on January 13, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Delta Air Lines today reported better than expected fourth-quarter earnings…