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Jetstar Airways Plane Returns to Australia due to Hydraulic Problem

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Jetstar Airways Plane Returns to Australia due to Hydraulic Problem

JetstarJetstar Airways flight JQ-127 had to return and make an emergency landing at Adelaide International Airport, Adelaide, Australia, on December 11.

The Airbus A320-200, en-route to Bali, Indonesia, was above central Australia when some problem with the hydraulic system caused it to return and land.

The plane landed safely.

All passengers aboard remained unhurt and were accommodated in other flights.

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NTSB releases final report on Hartwell plane crash

The National Transportation Safety Board released its final investigative report Saturday on a plane crash that claimed the life of a pilot in Lake Hartwell two years ago.

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Plane Passenger Calls Out ‘Seat Stealer’ for Trying to Sit in 8D, Sends Them Back to Row 35: ‘Small Victories’

The passenger wrote on Reddit that it “felt good to put [the] seat stealer in her place” after complaining about “all the things people try to pull on flights these days”

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Italian prosecutors accuse 7 people, 2 firms over flawed Boeing plane parts

Italian prosecutors on Saturday accused seven people and two sub-contractors of crimes including fraud and breaching airplane safety rules following an investigation into suspected flawed parts produced by an Italian company for Boeing. The prosecutors launched their investigation in late 2021 after Boeing said some parts for its 787 Dreamliner plane supplied by a company working for Italian aerospace group Leonardo had been improperly manufactured. Investigators found that two Italian sub-contractors used cheaper and non-compliant forms of titanium and aluminium to make certain parts, saving significant sums of money on their raw material costs, the prosecutors said in a statement, without naming the sub-contractors or the seven people.

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Traveling for Thanksgiving? Now Is the Best Time to Find Cheap Plane Tickets

As Thanksgiving draws closer, it pays to know the best times to purchase tickets for the cheapest rates.

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Historic WWI plane being restored at the Cradle of Aviation Museum

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Japan evacuates 16 people from conflict-hit Lebanon by SDF plane

An Air Self-Defense Force plane evacuated 16 people from Lebanon to neighboring Jordan on Friday amid the escalating conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, the Japanese government says.

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Passenger lands diverted small plane from Henderson after pilot loses consciousness

There was drama in the sky over Bakersfield Friday afternoon as a small plane — its pilot in distress — was diverted to Meadows Field and successfully landed by its one and only passeng…

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Flight slams brakes mid-takeoff to avoid collision with crossing plane: ‘Stopped so quickly’

US News: A London-bound Norse Atlantic Airways flight from JFK Airport aborted takeoff to avoid a collision with another plane, reaching 87 knots before brakin

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Plane slams into tree near North Texas airpark; two on board

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Plane makes emergency landing after pilot suffers medical emergency

An airplane made an emergency landing at Meadow Fields Airport after the co-pilot took over for a pilot suffering from a medical emergency on Friday, according to a Kern County

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Awe as man manages to film the top of plane: “How the hell did you do that”

Social media users were blown away by the man’s incredible vantage point in the viral clip, with one saying, “This is insane.”

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Stall led to 2023 plane crash that killed two outside Duluth

The crash killed pilot Bryan Handyside, 60, and the plane’s only passenger, Matthew Joseph, 64.

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Fatal plane crash in St. Mary’s happened during highly variable visibility, NTSB says

Investigators say another Yute Commuter Service plane turned back from a landing in St. Mary’s shortly before the Sept. 15 crash.

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Blue Grass Airport runway reopens after plane enters ‘safety area’

Blue Grass Airport’s main commercial runway was temporarily shut down Friday morning after a plane that recently landed made its way to a “safety area.”

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A huge solar-powered plane is being tested off the MS coast. It could spend months in the air.

The uncrewed plane is equipped with 17,000 solar cells that spend the day collecting sunlight.

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Silver Spring Man Identified As Outer Banks Plane Crash Victim

A Silver Spring man was one of five people killed in a plane crash in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, authorities said.

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Louisiana health officials fly on hospital owner’s plane to meet federal health care regulators

Rock Bordelon, a political donor who owns Allegiance Health Management in Bossier City, offered roundtrip flights on his personal aircraft and paid for “ground transportation” in the Washington D.C.

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How do scientists study lightning? With a spy plane and some big storms : Short Wave

Lightning: It happens all the time, and yet the exact details of how it’s made has long eluded scientists. That is, until now. New research out this week in the journal Nature holds new insights into the precursor to lightning. To figure it out, researchers flew a NASA ER-2 – essentially the research version of a spy plane – over several tropical thunderstorms. What they found: The same high energy radiation is found in places like neutron stars and around black holes. Want to hear more stories about the science behind natural phenomena? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we’d love to hear from you!

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Fiery plane crash at Rutherford County Airport

Rutherford County Airport officials said a plane crash happened on Thursday night.

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Officials confirm plane crash at Rutherford County Airport

Rutherford County Airport officials said a plane crash happened on Thursday night.

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