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Photo of the Day: Sunrise greets a Northwest Airlines Airbus A330 during an early morning approach to Amsterdam after a long redeye from the US. (Photo by Joop Stroes)

No More Air Force Flight Suits Unless You Fly, TSA Tests Unmanned ID Scanners: Final Call

The Air Force wants to spend less money on flight suits, the TSA tests machines to check your ID, a virtual reality treatment for fear of flying, Southwest a Jet Airways pilot suspended after attempting to land without clearanc...
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Damage at the Spirit AeroSystems facility in Wichita, Kansas. (Photo by Spirit AeroSystems, via Flickr)

Tornado Ravaged Spirit AeroSystems Says Wichita Factory Looking Good Overall [with Photos]

The Kansas factory that builds the fuselage of the Boeing 737 and many other aircraft components remained closed on Monday after a tornado tore through it on Saturday.
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Airline News
Virgin Atlantic Flight 72, an Airbus A330-300 (G-VSXY) sits on the runway at Gatwick with its emergency slides deployed. (Photo by Lorna Wilson via Twitter)

Virgin Atlantic Airbus Jet Makes Emergency Landing in London After Fire Scare

A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-300 made an emergency landing at London's Gatwick Airport on Monday and evacuated all 299 passengers and 13 crew onto the runway via emergency slides. Four people were injured during the evacuation.
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Manufacturer News
A collapsed building at the Spirit AeroSystems complex in Wichita. (Photo by KWCH12, via Twitter)

Boeing 737 Fuselage Factory, Other Aerospace Builders Suffer Direct Hit from Kansas Tornado [UPDATED]

The Spirit AeroSystems complex in Wichita that builds every Boeing 737 aircraft fuselage suffered a direct hit from a tornado on Saturday, damaging at least 10 buildings and knocking out power.
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Final Call
Air Canada's retro Airbus A319 (C-FZUH) spotted in Toronto. (Photo by Kaz T)

Final Call: Miami Airport Lost and Found Up for Auction, Delayed Passengers Mutiny in Shanghai

The CDC is pretty sure no one caught rabies from a bat-on-a-plane, MIA auctions off its lost and found, Shenzen Airlines customers mutiny after a delay, Delta wants to buy a fuel refinery, and more...
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