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Air transport

June 2024

  • Independence Airport, California. County Seat Inyo County. USA<br>S2YTX1 Independence Airport, California. County Seat Inyo County. USA

    Revealed: a century-old water war is leaving this rural California county in disrepair

    Los Angeles has long owned large swaths of the Owens valley. Officials in the region say the city has been ‘stonewalling’ their attempts to make critical infrastructure repairs
  • Perth airport

    Perth airport chaos as refuelling issue grounds flights

    Fifty-nine domestic and international flights were cancelled as airport begins to clear backlog
  • Side view of aircraft

    Boeing production cap extended as regulator steps up safety checks

    Federal Aviation Administration will meet company weekly and tells it to transform its safety culture
  • Ryanair Boeing 737-800 At Sunrise

    Spain fines budget airlines €150m over ‘abusive’ cabin bag and seat charges

    Carriers including easyJet and Ryanair face being banned from charging for carry-on luggage
  • american airlines planes at an airport

    Federal authorities investigate near-collision of two planes at Virginia airport

    American Airlines plane forced to abort takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington national airport as another flight cleared for landing
  • Amsterdam Airport in pictures<br>Various images during a misty day inside the airport terminal, the gates, outside of the terminal and the apron with various airplanes and airlines in Amsterdam international airport, Schiphol. Schiphol is the largest airport in the Netherlands and one the most important in Europe with 63,6 million passengers per year. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

    Person dies after falling into jet engine at Schiphol airport

    Aircraft operated by KLM was preparing to depart when incident occurred at busy Amsterdam hub
  • American Airlines planes at an airport

    Lawsuit claims American Airlines asked Black passengers to deboard flight

    Lawsuit alleges airline representative approached three Black men individually and asked them to leave without explanation
  • Oxygen masks and panels hang from the plane's ceiling

    Singapore Airlines plane dropped 54 metres in seconds, flight data shows

    Investigation report says aircraft ‘experienced a rapid change in gravitational force’ during turbulence
  • Is turbulence getting worse? And where were the worst flight paths in 2023 – video

    Don't refund your tickets yet! Here are the facts behind turbulence
  • a man departs a jet

    Donald Trump sells private jet to Republican donor amid cash squeeze

    Former president transfers ownership of Cessna Citation X, worth $8.5m to $10m, to holding company tied to Mehrdad Moayedi
  • Virgin planes

    Alleged naked run on Virgin flight from Perth to Melbourne leads to man being arrested

    Australian federal police say ‘officers arrested a man after he allegedly ran naked through the aircraft mid-flight and knocked a crew member to the floor’
  • Explainer video on what causes turbulence

    What causes turbulence on flights and which routes around the world are most affected?

    After the fatal Singapore Airlines incident and injuries to passengers above Turkey, we explain what’s behind the phenomenon
  • 'I was thinking it's going to keep falling': passengers recall turbulence on Qatar flight – video

  • Cheryl Suker and husband, passengers on the turbulent Doha to Dublin flight that caused injuries

    Eight taken to hospital after turbulence on flight from Doha to Dublin

  • Person in silhouette viewed from behind looks at a plane on an airport runway

    Singapore Airlines tightens seatbelt rules after turbulence flight death

  • Traffic queues, 26 May 2023, for ferries at Dover, Kent

    Drivers warned of busiest bank holiday in years with 20m UK journeys forecast

  • Keith Davis (middle), who was injured on a flight that was battered by severe turbulence.

    Australian in intensive care with severe spinal injury after ‘horrifying’ Singapore flight, husband says

    Kerry Davis was flung to ceiling when flight SQ321 hit turbulence before falling motionless to floor of plane
  • Shot of man's head at microphone with screen behind detailing injuries

    Hospital details brain and spinal injuries after turbulence on Singapore flight

    Twenty people remain in intensive care in Bangkok, where plane landed on Tuesday following mid-air emergency
  • A Singapore Airlines airplane in the sky

    Science Weekly
    Why is air turbulence getting worse? – podcast

    Ian Sample speaks to Guy Gratton, associate professor of aviation and the environment at Cranfield University, to find out why air turbulence seems to be getting worse, and whether there’s anything we can do to reverse the trend.
  • Peter Dutton and Sarah Henderson in Melbourne on Tuesday.

    Australia news live
    Dutton won’t rule out a Coalition government quitting ICC – as it happened

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