A turbulent flight from Panama to Houston resulted in seven passengers being hospitalized Tuesday afternoon. The Houston Fire Department met United Airlines Flight 1031 on the runway at George Bush Intercontinental Airport around 1340, Senior Captain Ruy Lozano said. Some passengers had minor head and neck injuries, Lozano said. The flight experienced turbulence in Mexican airspace about…
Russian scientists say they made a “unique” discovery while analyzing samples from the exterior of the International Space Station – traces of tiny sea creatures on the station’s windows and walls. It remains unclear how marine plankton ended up in space. The results of the recent experiments prove that that some organisms are capable of…
Dozens of F-35 stealth fighters that were grounded for 11 days due to an oxygen-supply problem aboard the expensive warplanes will resume flying on Wednesday, the US Navy said. Investigators were unable to identify a root cause of the issue, which had prompted the 56th Fighter Wing of Luke Air Force Base, Arizona to ground its…
Moscow said a US spy plane flying toward the Russian border made a “provocative turn” toward a fighter jet, which had been scrambled for an interception mission. Earlier, the US military claimed the Russian jet had approached the US plane in an unsafe way. The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that a Baltic Fleet Su-27…
An earlier report from local officials said a Canadair plane crashed in the mountainous region of Pedrogao Grande while trying to exinguish the devastating blaze. UPDATE 1823 UTC Secretary of State Jorge Gomes confirms that no plane has crashed in Pedrógão. UPDATE 1812 UTC The National Civil Protection Authority says none of the planes contracted by…
A U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle shot down an armed Iranian-built Shaheed-129 UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) advancing on coalition forces in Syria. “The armed pro-regime Shaheed-129 UAV was shot down by a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle at approximately 12:30 a.m. after it displayed hostile intent and advanced on coalition forces,” Operation Inherent Resolve said in a statement. This…
A tropical storm warning has been issued for a section of Louisiana’s coast as a weather system approaches from the Gulf of Mexico. The system’s maximum sustained winds early Tuesday are near 40 mph (64 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center says some slight strengthening is possible before the system reaches the coast, either late…
The extreme heat forecast for Phoenix on Tuesday now has caused the cancellation of nearly 50 American Airlines regional airline flights out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. According to a statement from American Airlines, the American Eagle regional flights use the Bombardier CRJ aircraft, which has a maximum operating temperature of 118 °F (48 °C). Tuesday’s forecast…
Qantas will use a A380 super jumbo for the trip to the Ice this new years eve. CEO Allan Joyce said due to the popular polar flight route ad increasing demand for passengers they have decided to put this aircraft to the test.
Two men were caught in a fire triggered by falling debris from a Russian space launch. According to emergency services, one Kazakh man was hospitalized, while one was killed. The rocket in question successfully launched a supply ship to the International Space Station (ISS). But the horrific blaze spread up to 15 kilometers from the…
