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#1 Florida People Rush to Help Plane Near Airport Mayor Says Is Plagued With Crashes
Jul 16 2025 // Residents in a Miami suburb used an ax, fire extinguisher and garden hose to rescue four people from a small plane that crashed into a tree in yet another mishap near a busy South Florida airport. “It was nothing...
#2 Four People Killed in Small Plane Crash at London Southend Airport, Police Say
Jul 15 2025 // All four people aboard a small plane that crashed shortly after taking off from London Southend Airport are dead, police said Monday. Essex Police said work continued to formally identify the victims of Sunday’s...
#3 Update: Hong Kong Sets Rainfall Record as Deluge Disrupts Flights
Aug 5 2025 // Hong Kong set a rainfall record for August after violent storms lashed the city on Tuesday, leading to flight delays and commuter chaos. About 356 millimeters (14 inches) of precipitation was recorded at the Hong Kong...
#4 Air Lease Profit, Revenue Rise on Insurance Payout and Aircraft Demand
Aug 5 2025 // Aircraft lessor Air Lease Corp. reported a rise in second-quarter profit and revenue on Monday, due to a $344 million insurance claim settlement plus robust aircraft rental demand. Aircraft lessors have benefited from...
#5 FAA Updates Altitudes, Changeover Points for Safe Airspace Navigation in Alaska
Jul 17 2025 // The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a final rule amending the instrument flight rules (IFR) altitudes and changeover points for several Federal airways, jet routes, and direct routes in Alaska. These changes are...
#6 UK Air-Traffic Outage Caused by Radar Canceled 150 Flights
Jul 31 2025 // The air-traffic control outage that disrupted UK flights on Wednesday afternoon was caused by an unspecified radar-related issue, leading to more than 150 canceled flights in one of the busiest travel periods of the...
#7 Increasing Drone Incidents Near Airports, Stadiums Prompt Alarm, Officials Say
Jul 23 2025 // U.S. officials told a Senate committee on Tuesday that there have been more than 3,000 drone events near American airports since 2021, including 11 aircraft this year that reported taking evasive action to avoid...
#8 Alaska Air Resumes Flights After IT Outage Led to Grounding
Jul 22 2025 // Alaska Air Group Inc. continued to recover on Monday after temporarily grounding its entire fleet due to a data center equipment failure that affected several of the carrier’s key operating systems. Eighty-three...
