TIL Tag: aviation
94 headlines found.
- Belarus Ryanair plane arrest student Sofia Sapega jailed for six years.
May 6, 2022 - Rwanda asylum: Government plans new flight after cancellation: The government says officials are already preparing for the next flight to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda, despite a court ruling stopping the first plane from taking off.
June 15, 2022 - Sri Lanka: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the country on military jet.
July 13, 2022 - A cargo plane has crashed near the city of Kavala in northern Greece
July 17, 2022 - Manchester 1996 bomb: Man arrested at Birmingham Airport
September 9, 2022 - AN-225: Plans to rebuild world's largest plane confirmed.
November 10, 2022 - Iranian who made Paris airport home for 18 years dies.
November 13, 2022 - Last Boeing 747 rolls off line after half a century of production
December 8, 2022 - UK weather: All flights suspended at Stansted Airport.
December 12, 2022 - Biden says the US will not provide F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
January 31, 2023 - Iran smuggled drones into Russia using boats and state airline, sources reveal
February 12, 2023 - New Zealand hostage pilot appears in photos with armed West Papua rebels
February 15, 2023 - Russian Fighter Jet Collides With US Drone Over Black Sea
March 14, 2023 - Two NATO members have granted Kyiv's repeated requests for aircraft in order to shore up its air defense – Poland will transfer four and Slovakia will send 13 MiG-29 fighter jets.
March 17, 2023 - Sudan paramilitary group says it has seized presidential palace and Khartoum airport amid clashes with army
April 15, 2023 - Colombian 'miracle' children found alive 40 days after Amazon jungle plane crash
June 10, 2023 - Ukraine war: Major Moscow airport flights disrupted by drone attack
July 4, 2023 - A US soldier is being held in North Korea after crossing the border from South Korea without authorisation. Private 2nd Class Travis King was being escorted back to the US for disciplinary reasons before he apparently gave his escort the slip at Incheon Airport
July 18, 2023 - Wagner chief listed among passengers on board crashed plane, Russian state media
August 23, 2023 - Kremlin silent as Wagner boss Prigozhin 'killed in plane crash'
August 24, 2023 - Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash, Russia's investigative committee confirms
August 27, 2023 - Flights halted at Hamburg airport due to family hostage situation
November 5, 2023 - Japan Airlines jet burst into flames after collision with quake-relief plane
January 2, 2024 - Flights cancelled as regulator grounds Boeing 737 Max 9s over blowout
January 7, 2024 - Alaska Airlines plane had warnings days before mid-air blowout
January 8, 2024 - Boeing 737 Max 9: Two airlines find loose hardware in jet inspections
January 9, 2024 - Boeing admits mistake over plane door blow-out
January 10, 2024 - 74 dead after Russian plane carrying Ukrainian PoWs crashed, Moscow says
January 24, 2024 - Boeing Starliner docks with space station after encountering no new issues
June 6, 2024 - Nasa 'Earthrise' astronaut dies at 90 in plane crash
June 8, 2024 - Plane carrying Malawi vice president reported missing
June 10, 2024 - Malawi vice president killed in plane crash along with 9 other passengers
June 11, 2024 - Criminal charges recommended against Boeing
June 24, 2024 - Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge
July 8, 2024 - Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter jets – Zelensky
August 4, 2024 - Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport
August 25, 2024 - Boeing's Starliner lands on Earth – without its astronauts
September 7, 2024 - 33,000 Boeing union members set to strike early Friday
September 13, 2024 - New Zealand pilot held captive in West Papua for 19 months 'very happy' after being freed
September 21, 2024 - Union members reject deal with Boeing, prolonging strike
October 24, 2024 - Putin apologises over plane crash, without saying Russia at fault
December 28, 2024 - At least 149 people dead in South Korea plane crash
December 29, 2024 - 'Black boxes' from crashed South Korean plane stopped recording about four minutes before disaster, officials say
January 11, 2025 - Rescuers search river for survivors after passenger jet and helicopter collide in Washington DC
January 30, 2025 - Decorated pilot Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100
February 9, 2025 - Plane flips over on landing in Toronto, leaving three critically injured
February 17, 2025 - Delta offers $30,000 to passengers on plane that flipped over – 'no strings attached'
February 20, 2025 - 'End of an era': Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies
March 18, 2025 - Iron Maiden's plane has been cut into pieces and put up for sale
March 20, 2025 - The company involved in the deadly helicopter crash in New York last week is shutting down immediately, FAA says
April 14, 2025 - Ukraine claims it destroyed Russian fighter jet using seaborne drone
May 4, 2025 - Netanyahu vows response after Houthi missile hits near Israel's main airport
May 4, 2025 - Ukrainian drone attacks shut Moscow airports, while Russian strike kills one in Odesa
May 6, 2025 - REAL ID is now required for air travel in America. Here's what to expect at airports across the US
May 7, 2025 - Sources contradict Trump narrative about Qatar offering plane as 'gift'
May 20, 2025 - Marseille airport cancels all flights as wildfire encroaches on city
July 8, 2025 - EU chief von der Leyen's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming
September 1, 2025 - Cyberattack disrupts operations at European airports including Heathrow, Brussels
September 20, 2025 - German jets scrambled after Russian military plane flies over Baltic Sea
September 21, 2025 - Drone sightings cause widespread disruption and delays at Norway and Denmark airports
September 23, 2025 - Man arrested in connection with airport cyber-attacks
September 24, 2025 - Drones close a Denmark airport for a second time in a week
September 25, 2025 - 'Sponge city' architect Kongjian Yu among 4 killed in Brazil plane crash
September 26, 2025 - Calls for police to shoot down drones after Munich airport disruption
October 3, 2025 - Suspected drones force second Munich airport closure in 24 hours
October 4, 2025 - Lithuania's Vilnius airport reopens after suspension over balloons in airspace
October 5, 2025 - Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the seventh day of government shutdown impacts travelers
October 8, 2025 - Multiple airports refuse to play Noem video that blames Democrats for the shutdown
October 14, 2025 - US airstrike on 'drug boat' kills six as aircraft carrier sent to South America
October 24, 2025 - Planes grounded after Airbus discovers solar radiation could impact systems
November 29, 2025 - US aircraft that attacked suspected drug boat reportedly disguised as civilian plane
January 13, 2026 - Trump says he's decertifying Canada-made aircraft and threatens 50% tariffs
January 30, 2026 - Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him
February 6, 2026 - Pilot praised after crash-landing faulty Somali passenger plane on seashore
February 10, 2026 - Trump Organization trademark raises suspicions that family could profit from Florida airport name change
February 19, 2026 - Homeland security to suspend TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs
February 22, 2026 - At least 15 killed after military plane carrying banknotes crashes in Bolivia
February 28, 2026 - Trump to send ICE agents to airports amid partial government shutdown
March 22, 2026 - Electric air taxis take off from Manhattan for first New York airport trips
April 28, 2026 - Oscar goes missing after Academy Award winner is blocked from taking it on flight
May 1, 2026 - Missing Oscar found after Academy Award winner blocked from taking it on flight
May 1, 2026 - Spirit Airlines canceled all flights and is going out of business
May 2, 2026 - Flight data bolsters claim China Eastern plane was deliberately crashed in 2022
May 4, 2026 - Ryanair boss calls for ban on early-morning airport drinks as bad behaviour rises
May 6, 2026 - Airlines still have to pay compensation if flights cancelled due to fuel crisis, EU says
May 7, 2026 - Frontier Airlines plane fatally strikes person during takeoff at Denver airport
May 9, 2026 - Russian jets 'dangerously' intercept RAF spy plane over Black Sea
May 20, 2026 - Air France and Airbus guilty of corporate manslaughter for 2009 plane crash
May 21, 2026 - RAF jet carrying defence secretary has signal jammed near Russian border
May 25, 2026 - US and Iran launch new strikes, as Kuwait says airport hit by Iranian drones
June 3, 2026 - Airline industry chiefs say 2050 net zero goal now unlikely
June 8, 2026 - Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with their children
June 11, 2026 - Trump unveils Qatari luxury jet for Air Force One fleet
June 20, 2026 - Ryanair says it will reluctantly not charge parents to sit next to children
June 25, 2026