A retired Navy pilot flying his home-built plane from Virginia to Long Island made a wrong turn along the way, leaving him smack in the middle of Kennedy Airport's bustling airspace and perilously close to an inbound 747.
The 2011 Paris Air Show was the best ever for Airbus, earning firm orders for 418 aircraft worth about $44 billion at list prices, compared to only 47 planes valued at $7.5 billion for Boeing.
Troubled Mexicana de Aviacion, Mexico's largest air carrier, on Sunday said the company will indefinitely suspend several international flights starting on Monday, including Madrid, London, Caracas and Sao Paulo.