Photos: American Airlines 777-300ER Backs Into 757 Wingtip at JFK

On Tuesday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, an American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER had a run in with the wing tip of a 757 (N173AN), causing damage to the 777s wing. Two photos uncovered on a Reddit post by ...
by Jason Rabinowitz
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The Russian Proton-M rocket didn't quite make it to space

Russian Rocket Carrying Navigation Satellites Gets Lost, Arrives At Ground

Early Tuesday, a Russian Proton-M rocket with a payload of three satellites malfunctioned almost immediately after launch, crashing down back into the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three satellites were d...
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The number 2 engine of VH-OQA, which sustained an uncontained failure

Australian Transport Safety Bureau Releases Final Qantas Flight 32 Report

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau on Thursday released their final report into the Qantas A380 uncontained engine failure over Indonesia on November 4, 2010. The 305 page report gives a full account of the major incident, ...
by Jason Rabinowitz
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Fly Delta iOS social sharing graphic

Delta Goes Social, Adds Facebook Sharing To Mobile App

Not to be outdone by JetBlue with #SoFly, Delta has announced an update to the Fly Delta mobile app which adds social media sharing functionality as well as a few other improvements. In their Taking Off blog on Thursday, Delta ...
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The first British Airways 787 departing Paine Field

Boeing Delivers First British Airways 787 Dreamliner

Just after noon on Thursday, British Airways took delivery of their first Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Heathrow Airport in London. This is the first delivery of an order of 24 787s, though IAG (British Airways parent company) recen...
by Jason Rabinowitz
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