How clever designs helped save 80 people after their plane caught fire, lost a wing and skidded down a runway upside down
When Delta Flight 4819 from Minneapolis to Toronto landed in a fiery crash that ripped off a wing and rolled the plane upside down, panicked onlookers feared the worst. But aviation experts saw ...
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Now You Can Fold Planes From the National Air and Space Museum and Watch Them Fly
Every year, thousands of kids and adults learn to fold and fly paper airplanes at both the National Mall building and the ...
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Trump tours updated Boeing plane to highlight delay in delivery of new Air Force One
President Trump toured a Boeing airplane to check out new hardware and technology features and highlight the aircraft maker's ... The previous design displayed a red, white and blue.
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DC plane crash: New details emerge from NTSB investigation
All 67 people on board the plane and the helicopter were killed in the crash. There's no indication the U.S. Army Black Hawk crew could tell there was an impending collision before its devastating ...
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Plane caught on camera crashing into New England neighborhood, narrowly missing homes
Stunning footage shows a plane getting dangerously close to New England houses before crashing into trees Tuesday. The plane crashed in a residential neighborhood near Hampton Airfield in North ...
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Pterosaur Bones Could Inspire Lighter, Stronger Planes
Scientists have discovered that the secrets to pterosaur success lie in the microscopic architecture of their bones.
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Plane crashes spark renewed fear of flying: 10 causes of aviation disasters
The United States experienced three fatal plane crashes in just eight days, beginning with the deadliest aviation accident in America in the last 24 years. An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided ...
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Plane Passenger Publicly Shamed by Flight Attendant After He Threw Tantrum About Reclining, Tried to Steal Storage Space
A Reddit user wrote that the passenger in front of them "freaked out" after they were told that they couldn't use the space under their seat for storage Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer ...
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United plane skids off taxiway after landing at St. Louis airport
ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) - A plane went off a taxiway after arriving at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Wednesday. According to an airport news release, a United Regional Jet ...
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3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash
On the night of Jan. 29, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet over the Potomac River in Washington, killing all 67 people on both aircraft. To analyze ...
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Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says
“We have a lot of work to do.” The collision was the deadliest plane crash in the US since 2001, when a jet slammed into a New York City neighborhood just after takeoff, killing all 260 people ...
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The SR-71 and its historical influence on aviation design
Josh Welton recounts his visit to the SR-71 Spy-Posium at The Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Experience in Kalamazoo, Mich., and ...