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US passenger plane plunges 300ft to avoid mid air crash with British fighter jet

According to flight data from FlightAware, the plane dropped 91 metres (300 feet) in just 36 seconds

Evening Standard

Travel chaos after airports cancel thousands of flights ahead of the holiday weekend

A total of 619 flights were cancelled across five East Coast airports Monday afternoon alone, according to data from Flight Aware

The Independent UK

Teen struck by lightning in NYC’s Central Park as severe weather strikes the east coast

New York City, along with Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., were under severe thunderstorm watches Thursday afternoon and evening

The Independent UK

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What we know and still don't know about a private plane's crash into a San Diego neighborhood

Authorities were looking into whether a private jet clipped a power line before it crashed in San Diego

The Independent UK

Hawaii-California planes diverted over bomb threat and message on mirror

United flight to LA forced to turn back over ‘concern found written on lavatory mirror’ as Hawaiian flight also delayed

The Guardian - US

SpaceX Catches Starship Booster Again, But Upper Stage Explodes

The FlightAware tracker showed several planes in the Atlantic altering course near the Turks and Caicos Islands, while users on X shared dramatic footage purportedly capturing the spaceship breaking apart in a fiery cascade during atmospheric re-entry.

International Business Times

Winter Storm Leaves Large US Region Blanketed In Snow, Ice

Over 2,300 US flights were canceled on Monday with thousands more delayed amid the winter storm, tracking website FlightAware showed, compounding similar air travel headaches from the day before.

International Business Times

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Airline passengers who found bedbugs infesting their seats were allegedly rebuffed by flight crew

Some of the flights with reports of bedbugs were 13 hours long.

Fortune

Thousands Of Flights Canceled After Tornado Warnings, Disrupting Post-Holiday Travel Across US

According to the tracking site FlightAware, over 7,000 flights in the U.S. were delayed on Saturday, with more than 200 flights canceled.

International Business Times

Alaska Airlines flight diverted after four flight attendants fall sick amid mystery odor in cabin

This is not the first time staff have fallen ill due to a bad odor, according to Haiwaiian media

The Independent UK

Top flight tracking app says customer info has been leaked online — see if you're affected

FlightAware erroneously kept sensitive data exposed on the internet for years, but has now plugged the hole.

TechRadar

Thousands of flights disrupted after Storm Debby batters Florida

South Carolina and Georgia are experiencing flight distruptions after thousands were cancelled as a result of the extreme weather in Florida

The Independent UK

Delta cancellations following CrowdStrike outage reveal fragility of flight operations

Like Southwest’s two years ago, Delta’s problems seem to have been the result of its crew-tracking system.

Fortune

US is investigating Delta's flight cancellations and faltering response to global tech outage

U.S. airline regulators have opened an investigation into Delta Air Lines, which is still struggling to restore operations on Tuesday, more than four full days after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and disrupted global air travel

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Air travel delays continue, though most airlines have recovered from global tech outage

Delays at some airports are ongoing after a faulty software update caused havoc worldwide and led to the grounding by almost all airlines of a number of flights, but the impact is receding

The Independent UK

Passenger receives handwritten boarding pass during Microsoft outage

‘Sometimes, the old-school way is still the best way when technology lets us down’

The Independent UK

Mystery after girl, 8, dies suddenly on flight to Chicago in front of horrified passengers

Sydney Weston became ill and unresponsive as crew desperately rendered aid on a Chicago-bound SkyWest flight

WEKU

Delta flight makes emergency return after exit slide separates from Boeing aircraft

The Los Angeles-bound flight was forced to make an emergency return to New York's JFK airport after an emergency slide came apart from the Boeing 767, the airline said.

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Here's how to tell if your next flight is on a Boeing 737 Max 9

After a green light from the FAA, the Max 9 is set to return to the skies. Here's what travelers need to know about the plane after a terrifying scene on an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this month.

The Independent UK

Holiday travel is mostly nice, but with some naughty disruptions again on Southwest Airlines

Conditions have been mostly nice for travelers flying ahead of and on Christmas Day, but some naughty disruptions plagued those flying with Southwest Airlines again this year

The Independent UK

Ready, set, travel: The holiday rush to the airports and highways is underway

Holiday travel is expected to hit its peak right around now

Chicago Sun-Times

A United jet takes a steep dive after pilots feared a loss of cabin pressure

The Boeing 777 descended 28,000 feet in eight minutes, according to data from tracking service FlightAware.

The Independent UK

Travelers hoping to enjoy one last summer fling over Labor Day weekend should expect lots of company

If you're squeezing in one last summer trip over the Labor Day weekend, expects lots of company

The Independent UK

Hurricane Idalia creates travel chaos across the US with hundreds of flights cancelled

As of Wednesday morning, the US was experiencing 907 cancelled flights

Chicago Sun-Times

NASA aircraft flies low over Chicago, NW Indiana collecting air quality data

A jet from off Dayton, Ohio, made low-level passes over Chicago, the south suburbs and Northwest Indiana before heading back to Ohio, according to FlightAware.

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