The Why, How and Where of Flight Diversions
While diversions do happen frequently, the decision to land a plane perhaps hundreds or thousands of miles from its destination is not taken lightly. A look at why planes divert and how pilots, dispatchers and managers choose w...
TSA Ignored Scanner Cancer Warnings, US Offers F-35 to India: Final Call
If the TSA doesn't give you cancer at the airport, the terrorists win. Also, the US offers F-35s for sale to India, how airlines shadily hide empty seats and more...
On This Day in Aviation History: November 2nd
Howard Hughes flies the Spruce Goose for the first and only time, the ISS gets its first residents and more...
Cathay Pacific Receives First Boeing 747-8 Freighter
Boeing on Monday delivered a 747-8 Freighter to Cathay Pacific Airways, the first for the Hong Kong-based airline.
Azul Airliner Lands at Wrong Airport, Qantas In No Hurry to Issue Shutdown Refunds: Final Call
An Azul flight landed at the wrong airport in Brazil, Qatar will soon operate flights within Iran, Qantas is dragging its feet providing shutdown refunds, Forbes reprints a 1957 profile of the new Boeing 707, and more...