Southwest Airlines plane narrowly avoids crashing into jet on Chicago runway

A private firm will resume the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared in 2014 with 239 people on board.

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During World War I, fighter planes called Sopwith Camels downed 1,294 enemy aircraft, more than any other Allied fighter in WWI. For those familiar with the Peanuts comics, it’s the name of the doghouse that Snoopy flies in his fantasy sequences as a Flying Ace, a brave WWI pilot battling the Red Barron. The Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. has one on view. Here & Now’s Scott Tong visits the museum to check it out. And, Yomi Young, a friend of disability activist and author Alice Wong, tells us about Wong’s legacy of building community. Wong died earlier this month at 51

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Philippine officials initially said Wednesday that an Air Force plane carrying five American personnel hit a concrete barrier while attempting to take …Read More

Although all occupants survived, the crash highlights the extreme dangers associated with emergency water landings and offshore aviation incidents.Read More