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WATCH: Twin-airplane near accident at busy Mumbai airport raises safety concerns, highlights ATC pressure
This near-miss involved an IndiGo flight from Indore and an Air India jet bound for Thiruvananthapu…
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Boeing is adding more 737 airplane inspections as company says it's 'clear that we are not where we need to be'
Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal said the firm is "taking a hard look" at its quality prac…
Sarah Jackson
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A man is dead after a gender reveal stunt involving an airplane ended in a fatal crash
A gender reveal party in Mexico resulted in a fatal plane crash, and it isn't the first death attri…
Gabby Landsverk
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Airplane accidents are 95% survivable. Here are seven ways to increase those odds even more.
The FAA has been testing brace positions on crash-test dummies since 1967. The postures have change…
Abby Tang,Michelle Yan
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How airplane interiors are designed
Designing airplane interiors is a game of limited space, weight, and durability. Delta's team takes…
Abby Narishkin,Steve Cameron
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Air Crash Investigator breaks down 12 Plane Crashes in Movies
Stephen Moss is a retired Senior Inspector of Air Accidents. During his 35-year career he investiga…
David Ibekwe,Ju Shardlow
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Jay Leno reveals he suffered a broken collarbone and 2 broken ribs in a motorcycle accident just 2 months after garage fire
Leno was knocked off his motorcycle by a wire two months after his face was burnt in a garage fire,…
Ayomikun Adekaiyero
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Nepal just saw its deadliest plane crash in 30 years. Experts explain why the country has such a dismal record of fatal flight accidents.
More than 350 people have died in commercial airline crashes in Nepal since 2000, making it one of …
Matthew Loh
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Boeing posts fourth straight quarterly loss and tells staff to prepare for more job cuts
Boeing expects staff to fall to 130,000 by the end of 2021 — a near 20% drop in head count from the…
Grace Dean,Reuters
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Why airplane takeoffs and landings are so dangerous
Takeoff and landing are widely considered the most dangerous parts of a flight. But that's only par…
Abby Tang,Clancy Morgan
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Here's when fatal airplane accidents happen
Reuters put together this graphic illustrating when during the flight accidents occurred for commer…
Sam Ro
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Photos of the New York City night sky taken one year apart illustrate how the coronavirus pandemic has affected air traffic
Eran Bendheim took photos outside his Manhattan window in 2019 and 2020 and they show how the coron…
Zoë Ettinger
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A video of the exact moment of Pakistan’s F-16 plane crash goes viral
The F-16 built by the US, was a part of rehearsals for a Pakistan Day airshow and parade set to …
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How the Vlog Squad's Jeff Wittek found fame through controversy, from his 'drug dealer' past to the David Dobrik accident
Jeff Wittek has exploded in popularity after an accident while filming a vlog with David Dobrik nea…
Steven Asarch
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US Navy submarine commander rates 14 submarine scenes in movies and TV
Former US submarine commander L. David Marquet rated the realism of submarine scenes in popular mov…
Ju Shardlow,David Ibekwe
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This is the best place to be sitting if your airplane is about to crash
Passengers seated in the middle third of the plane, by contrast, had a 39% fatality rate, and aisle…
Kevin Loria
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The Accident Rate For Most Airplanes Hits A Record Low
That's especially true for what the organization defines as "Western-built" aircraft, a peculiar te…
Alex Davies
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What happens if a bird flies into an airplane engine
What happens if a bird flies into a plane engine? The event is called a bird strike. Each year, bir…
Gene Kim,Jessica Orwig
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The Southwest plane window blew out after engine explosion, but airplane windows are stronger than you think
The window on modern airliners is actually made up of multiple layers, usually three, of acrylic wi…
Benjamin Zhang
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64 years ago, the vaunted U-2 spy plane took its first flight, and it happened by accident
"As the airplane's coming in over the runway, this vehicle's chasing behind it with a radio, and [t…