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Lil Nas X got criticized by random people for flying in a commercial plane, but he said he's trying to emit less carbon emissions.
Climate Change

Lil Nas X Is Flying Commercial to Avoid the Huge Carbon Footprint of a Private Jet

By Sharon Adarlo

Residents in Florida saw Thursday night a cargo plane, a Boeing 747 in fact, catch on fire during its flight.
Advanced Transport

Boeing Plane Catches Fire While Flying

By Sharon Adarlo

In Japan, a flight crew was forced to turn around during a trip after they had found a crack in the cockpit window of a Boeing 737-800.
Future Society

Boeing in Trouble Again as Crack Found in Cockpit Window Mid-Flight

By Sharon Adarlo

A Russian man managed to travel on an airplane from Europe to Los Angeles last month without a passport, visa or ticket.
Advanced Transport

Plane Passenger Says He Has No Passport, No Idea How He Got to Los Angeles From Russia

By Sharon Adarlo

A disabled man had to literally drag himself off an Air Canada plane because flight attendants were not able to provide him a wheelchair.
Future Society

Airline Apologizes for Forcing Disabled Man to Drag Himself Off Plane With No Wheelchair

By Sharon Adarlo

Economy travel may just get worse. Meet the Chaise Lounge Airplane Seats, a bunk-like, double-decker situation that, well, looks like an utter nightmare.
Advanced Transport

The Future of Air Travel Is Apparently the Final Circle of Hell

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Young Israelis were arrested after sending photos of deadly plane crashes to passengers on a Turkish flight headed to Istanbul. The plane aborted takeoff.
Future Society

Flight Cancelled After Passengers Start Receiving Photos of Plane Crashes

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Airbus' A380 test plane took off from France and completed a three-hour flight ran on Sustainable Aviation Fuel, also called SAF, made from cooking oil.
Climate Change

A Jumbojet Just Flew for Three Hours, Powered by Used Cooking Oil

By Lonnie Lee Hood

21 passengers aboard a plane slated to fly from Houston to Boston walked away unscathed after their plane failed to gain altitude during takeoff.
Future Society

21 People Miraculously Survive Horrific Plane Crash in Texas

By Tony Ho Tran

An airplane was forced to land in Denver when its right engine exploded and caught fire. Passengers were able to capture a dramatic video of the incident.
Advanced Transport

Jet Engine Catches Fire, Drops Airplane Parts Onto Houses

By Tony Ho Tran

Two studies say its safe to fly during the coronavirus pandemic. Reports out of Europe paint a strikingly different picture.
Developments

Flying Is Safe From COVID, Says Study Funded by Airline Group

By Victor Tangermann

A glitch in the Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG) airplane's software caused all six of the main screens inside the cockpit to go blank during landing.
Advanced Transport

Boeing 737 Glitch Shuts Down Cockpit Screens on Certain Runways

By Victor Tangermann

Boeing is investigating whether a wiring oversight in the 737 Max commercial airplane could potentially result in a crash.
Advanced Transport

Boeing Finds Even More Issues With Its Troubled 737 Max Plane

By Victor Tangermann

A Boeing 767 airplane losing the evacuation slide off the jet while flying over a Boston suburb, landing just feet away from where two people were standing.
Advanced Transport

Evacuation Slide Falls off Boeing Jet, Lands in Backyard

By Kristin Houser

A whistleblower claims the emergency oxygen systems on the Boeing 787 jet don't always work and that Boeing did nothing to address the issue.
Advanced Transport

Whistleblower Says Boeing 787 Oxygen Masks Don’t Work

By Kristin Houser

Japan's biggest airline believes robot avatars are the future of travel, allowing people to visit far-off destinations without leaving their homes.
Robotics

Airline Unveils Robot Avatars It Hopes Will Replace Flying

By Kristin Houser