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Aviation News
787 Line Number 83 for ANA being prepped for delivery earlier this week. Photo by Patrick Rodwell.

Boeing Resumes Deliveries Of 787 Dreamliner

On Tuesday afternoon, Boeing announced that they have delivered a 787 Dreamliner for the first time in four months, following the worldwide grounding due to faulty battery systems. 787 Line Number 83 was prepared earlier this w...
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Aviation News

Delta MD-88 Goes Off of Runway at LGA

A Delta Air Lines MD-88 slid off a runway and crashed into an embankment at New York's La Guardia Airport this morning.
by Phil Derner Jr.
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Military News
This is Syria's only operational Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft (YK-ATA), seen here at Paris-Le Bourget Airport in 2009. It may have been used to transport Mil Mi-25 attack helicopters to Syria from Russia through Iraqi airspace. (Photo by twin-otter64 via Flickr, CC-BY-NC-SA)

Did Syria Transport Russian Attack Helicopters Through Iraqi Airspace?

In late October, Syria asked Iraqi authorities to grant air access for a cargo plane transporting refurbed attack helicopters from Russia.
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica
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Airline News
A JetBlue Airbus A320 N568JB

Wife of Troubled JetBlue Flight 191 Captain Clayton Osbon Says Husband’s Actions Not Intentional

The wife of Captain Clayton Osbon in which she asked the media to respect her family's privacy and said she and her family believe that Osbon "was not intentionally violent."
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Crashes
The plane went down in Macon, Miss., about 100 miles northeast of Jackson. (Map by Matt Molnar/Google)

Witnesses Say Lightning Blew Plane Out of the Sky Over Mississippi, Killing Pilot

A small plane exploded in midair when it was struck by lighting over eastern Mississippi Thursday afternoon, killing the pilot.
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