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Another setback for Elon Musk's SpaceX after mishap with NASA rescue mission
SpaceX launched its mission to rescue the two Starliner astronauts — but it didn't go entirely acco…
Tom Carter
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A Malaysia Airlines Boeing plane was seen with its engine ablaze, a midair mishap that forced the flight to turn around
A video showed a Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur made an emergency landing after its engin…
Aditi Bharade
From mishaps to tragedies, the flight industry has already had a rough 2024
Here are eight flight incidents passengers faced in early 2024, from the tragic crash in Japan to p…
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Delta flight with 281 passengers diverted to JFK after a customer medical issue said to be diarrhea
Delta said the Airbus A330 from Boston bound for Rome turned around due to a customer medical issue…
Pete Syme
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Marines ground all flights after string of serious 'mishaps,' including the mysterious disappearance of an F-35 stealth fighter jet
Several Marines have been killed in the recent incidents, which include two separate crashes involv…
Jake Epstein
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Spirit Airlines passengers say they were told to prepare for an emergency water landing in a chaotic flight to Florida
The flight from Jamaica to Florida was forced to return to the airport due to a suspected mechanica…
Tom Carter
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Virgin Galactic soars after FAA says company can resume flights following mishap probe
The FAA found that Virgin Galactic's aircraft deviated from its original course and failed to commu…
Isabelle Lee
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SpaceX's mishap investigation is officially closed but that doesn't mean it can fly its Starship rocket just yet
The FAA has closed its mishap investigation for SpaceX's Starship. Musk said the giant rocket is re…
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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Fighter pilots can black out in seconds during high-G flying. Here's how flight experts say they train to stay conscious.
Learn how Air Force pilots prepare their bodies and master techniques for handling high G-force lev…
Ella Sherman
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Virgin Galactic slips after the FAA says the company is grounded pending an investigation into a mishap during Branson's trip to space
"Virgin Galactic may not return the SpaceShipTwo vehicle to flight until the FAA approves the final…
Isabelle Lee
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The sudden drop of a Boeing 787 that injured 50 people may have been caused by a flight attendant accidentally hitting a switch in the cockpit, report says
Boeing issued a memo on Thursday telling airlines to inspect the switches on the pilot's seat for l…
Pete Syme
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The FAA grounds Virgin Galactic rocket plane as it investigates a mishap during Richard Branson's flight
The flight that took British billionaire Richard Branson to the edge of space aboard VSS Unity flew…
Natalie Musumeci,Morgan McFal…
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A string of mishaps shows how tricky it can be to keep the aircraft on aircraft carriers
Since November 2021, three fighter jets — two of them advanced stealth aircraft — have gone overboa…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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I booked the wrong flight home from my first cruise, and it was the worst way to end my 7-day voyage
Before passengers can get off a cruise ship, there's an inspection that takes 20 minutes to an hour…
Joey Hadden
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Passengers on board a 12-hour British Airways flight were fed a single piece of KFC chicken each after a catering error
British Airways said it had to "wing it" by distributing pieces of KFC chicken to passengers after …
Joshua Zitser
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A United Airlines flight declared an emergency after an 'unlatched' cockpit window 'popped open' in mid-air, reports say
UA1274 was forced to return to Bradley International Airport in Connecticut shortly after takeoff T…
Ryan Hogg
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Chamath Palihapitiya and Richard Branson are being sued over allegedly covering up flaws in Virgin Galactic's spaceships and pocketing millions by dumping shares
Palihapitiya and Branson took advantage of an "artificially inflated" stock price while knowing Vir…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Passengers aboard a United flight that rapidly descended to '748 feet from disaster' in the ocean were saved by a warning system amid crew miscommunications and poor weather, aviation expert says
In December, pilot miscommunication almost plunged United Airlines flight 1722 into the Pacific Oce…
Azmi Haroun
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A video appears to show the British F-35 fighter jet crashing into the Mediterranean during take-off mishap
A Twitter user sourced the video from a Royal Navy WhatsApp group and claimed that the original foo…