A United Airlines flight from Washington Dulles to Rome made an unusual about-turn off the U.S. East Coast after a passenger’s laptop slid behind a cabin wall panel and through a gap into the cargo hold, where it couldn’t be
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JEDDAH | October 26, 2025 — A Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) Boeing 777 operating as flight SV340 from Algiers to Jeddah reportedly struck a flock of birds shortly after takeoff from Algiers’ Houari Boumediene Airport on October 25. The aircraft
Buenos Aires | October 2025 — Aerolíneas Argentinas has temporarily grounded eight Boeing 737-800 aircraft powered by CFM56-7B engines, following the fourth engine-related incident within a year. Incident triggers precautionary grounding The grounding follows an incident involving aircraft LV-FSK, operating
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DENVER / LOS ANGELES , October 21, 2025 — The mystery object that struck a United Airlines flight UA1093 at 36,000 feet last week is now believed to have been a weather balloon operated by Silicon Valley startup WindBorne Systems,
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A cargo aircraft operating as Emirates SkyCargo flight EK9788 veered off the north runway of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) in the early hours of Monday, plunging partially into the sea. The freighter – a Boeing 747-481 cargo aircraft (registration TC-ACF) was operated
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As more passengers travel with multiple electronic devices and spare power banks, one of aviation’s quieter hazards has become more visible: lithium-ion batteries. These compact energy packs power phones, tablets, cameras, and external chargers — yet when they malfunction, damage,
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When passengers saw dozens of Finnair flights vanish from the schedule this week, few imagined the cause would be something as ordinary as washing seat covers with water. Yet that’s precisely what happened. A warning from the seat-cover manufacturer about
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NAIROBI, October 16, 2025 — Operations at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) were briefly suspended today following a major security breach during the arrival of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s body, in an incident that exposed critical gaps in
Madrid, August 3, 2025 — A brand-new Iberia Airbus A321XLR was forced to return to Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez Airport on Sunday after suffering a severe bird strike shortly after takeoff that left the aircraft’s nose cone visibly crumpled. Flight IB579,
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July 31, 2025, New Delhi – In an incident that has grabbed headlines more for its quirk than its seriousness, a domestic passenger on an Air India Express flight from Srinagar to Delhi found himself in Bhubaneswar instead, after reportedly
