US airplane grounding: Hours of chaos 

Marking a new phase in aviation travel and sustainability, an all-electric aeroplane prototype took off the tarmac in Central Washington and soared 3,500 feet high into the sky in the wee hours of Tuesday morning.

All-electric airplane prototype completes eight-minute flight in Washington, scripts history

Passengers travelling using airplanes might be in for a bumpy ride in the future. Scientists at the University of Reading have stated that severe in-flight turbulence may double or triple in the coming decades.

Prepare for a bumpy ride, airplane turbulence to double or triple in coming decades

For people travelling on Flight ET343, August 15 was an experience that was both harrowing and miraculous. Pilots of the flight, which was travelling from Khartoum to Addis Ababa, apparently fell asleep at 37,000 feet in the air and missed their landing.

Plane crew fall asleep at 37,000 feet, miss runway; Expert blames 'pilot fatigue'

Qatar Airways and plane-maker Airbus has been embroiled in an ongoing case in United Kingdom over the paint problem found in some of the Qatar Airways ground 23 A350 jets.

Qatar Airways demands $1 billion from Airbus over ‘peeling paint’ problem

In pics - Double-decker seats that can change airplane travel forever

A firefighting aircraft dropped water over an area south of Las Vegas on Wednesday (May 4) to control the spread of two wildfires that combined in New Mexico. The wildfire at Calf Canyon has joined with the Hermits Peak wildfire, where according to local officials it has burned through over 145,000 acres.

Plane drops water to combat fast-spreading wildfires in New Mexico

An Italian supplier at the centre of recent industrial snags on the 787 Dreamliner airplane produced more than 4,000 non-compliant parts destined for Boeing Co BA.

Prosecutors say Italian firm produced 4,000 flawed parts for Boeing

A large throng of passengers and security personnel were videotaped shoving an airlane off a runway in Nepal, which was a rare sight. According to Nepal News, the incident occurred at the Bajura Airport in Kolti, where a Tara Air plane was stranded on the runway after a tyre burst.

Watch: Passengers and airport staff push plane off runway in Nepal

In a narrow escape, an airline’s passenger plane landed safely after being hit by a bird near Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore on Tuesday. The plane, which had around 350 passengers on board, belonged to a foreign airline.

After getting hit by bird, airplane lands safely at Lahore airport in Pakistan  

All nine people onboard were found dead in the crash of an airplane outside Orebro, Sweden, on Thursday, Swedish police said. "It's a very severe accident," Swedish police said on their website.

Nine found dead in Swedish airplane crash, says police

With "Socialist Republic of Romania" once emblazoned on its side, a Rombac plane, part of ex-dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's fleet, went under the hammer on Thursday and was finally sold for 120,000 euros (146,000 dollars).

Plane of Romania's ex-dictator's fleet sold at auction

An aeroplane’s weight plays a very important role for the pilot to take actions and precautions and when those calculations go wrong, a plane can suffer major accidents.

'Miss', not a kid! Tui flight suffers 'minor incident' after wrong body weight calculation

With few allowed to travel in and out of Singapore due to COVID-19 restrictions, hundreds flocked to the airport on Saturday (October 24) to eat airplane food at a pop-up restaurant aboard an A380 jet.

Unable to travel, Singaporeans enjoy airplane food on the ground

As the world is facing the worst coronavirus outbreak—India has emerged strongly in responding to the crisis so far. Till now, the government of India has rescued 1,497 people, which includes 55 foreign nationals as well.

Coronavirus outbreak: India emerges as a proactive nation in fighting global health emergency

One of the biggest industries to be hit by the long-term repercussions of the coronavirus is aviation. Thousands of flights have been cancelled globally, with stringent travel bans in place to contain the outbreak.

Coronavirus helps set a new record: World's longest scheduled commercial flight ever!

On September 12, Boeing started putting out 30-second videos in which employees tout its planes' safety, hoping to reassure travelers about the 737 MAX that's been grounded worldwide since two crashes that killed 346 people.

Boeing wants it to fly, but travelers fear the 737 MAX

Boeing Co engineers working on the 737 MAX passenger plane's flight-control system omitted safeguards included in an earlier version of the system used on a military tanker jet, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Boeing omitted safeguards on 737 MAX that were used on military jet: WSJ

A popcorn seller in Pakistan is waiting for the country’s Civil Aviation Authority to allow him to fly his homemade airplane after police had stopped him from performing an unauthorized take-off.

Watch: Pakistan man waits to fly his $600 homemade airplane

A mid-flight engine failure forced an Air France A380 jet with more than 500 passengers on board to turn back to the Ivory Coast capital Abidjan where it landed without further incident early Sunday.

Engine failure forces Air France A380 back to Abidjan

A Jet Airways passenger J Poddar was detained by the CISF at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Airport for a threat to plane on Monday. According to reports, Poddar, who was travelling on Kolkata-Mumbai Jet Airways flight, was reportedly speaking on the phone threatening to blow up the plane, news agency ANI reported.

Passenger detained at Kolkata airport for texting terrorist is on plane

An Indonesian Lion Air passenger plane which had gone missing on Monday morning has crashed into sea off the Indonesia coast, the Indonesian search and rescue agency reported.

Video: Lion Air plane with 188 on board crashes off Indonesia coast

The low-cost airline SpiceJet has been granted permission to fly to Pakyong from Kolkata under the civil aviation ministry’s regional connectivity

Sikkim's Pakyong airport obtains license, to become the 100th functional airport

The Czech locksmith built himself an airplane to cut seven minutes off his commute to work

Tired of traffic, this Czech flies to work

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