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Government News
This underwear bomb failed to take down a Northwest Airlines Airbus A330, but did succeed in burning its owner's genitals. (Photo by FBI, via ABC News)

New Underwear Bomb Plot Thwarted by CIA, But More Bombs and Terrorists Unaccounted For

The CIA has broken up a new Al Qaeda plot to blow up an airliner using explosive underwear, the Associated Press reported Monday afternoon. An upgraded underwear bomb with an improved detonation system was seized by agents in Y...
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Manufacturer News
Boeing 787-8 passes the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial on the River Visual approach to Reagan National Airport's Runway 19. (Photo by Boeing)

Fat Guy On a Little Runway: Boeing 787 Dreamliner Lands at Reagan National

Boeing's 787 Dream Tour made its way to an improbable destination on Monday -- Washington's Reagan National Airport -- a field that will almost certainly never see scheduled 787 service due to its size constraints.
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Airline News
El Al Boeing 747-400 (4X-ELD) departing JFK's Runway 22R enroute to Tel Aviv. (Photo by Mario Craig)

Israeli President Ditches El Al for Air Canada in Fare Dispute

Israeli President Shimon Peres has arrived in Canada on an official five day visit, but no thanks to his country’s national airline. Israeli media reports say an unusual row erupted last week between the President’s...
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Airline News
Delta Terminal 3 at JFK Airport. (Photo by reallyboring via Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA)

Wing of Delta Plane Clips Tail of Another at New York’s Kennedy Airport

Two Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 jets bumped into each other at Kennedy Airport in New York Friday evening, but no one was injured.
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Airline News
This China Eastern Airbus A340-600 will soon belong to Boeing. (Photo by Eric Dunetz)

World’s Biggest Trade-In? Boeing Buys Five Airbuses to Seal China Eastern 777 Deal

Boeing has agreed to buy five Airbus A340 jets from China Eastern Airlines as part of a deal that will send 20 new Boeing 777s to China.
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