An 18-year-old Boeing 767-300 flying from Beijing to Seattle was forced to turn around on Wednesday for "maintenance" after the airline said that the plane had suffered a mechanical failure, reports the China Times.
On September 1, 1983, Korean Airlines Flight 007 was shot down by a Soviet fighter interceptor as it crossed through Soviet air space. But what was it doing so far off course, flying over Soviet military installations the day of a secret missile test
Update (11:20 am ET): Boeing shares are extending losses (down over 6%) after France, Ireland, Germany, Iceland, and Turkey join the growing group of nations that are grounding 737 Max 8s.
Update 3: The flight attendants union has asked the FAA to investigate the Boeing 737 MAX 8, saying it's important to address these safety concerns after the second crash in 5 months.
*FLIGHT ATTENDANTS UNION ASKS FAA TO INVESTIGATE BOEING 737
Jetpack Aviation has leap-frogged its own flying car project with the announcement that it's taking pre-orders now on a self-stabilizing, jet turbine-powered flying motorcycle capable of 150 mph speeds, 20 minute endurance and 15,000 ft altitudes.
Capable of swimming at speeds of up to 74 km/h (46 mph), the shortfin mako is the world's fastest species of shark. Scientists now have a new understanding of how it's able to reach such speeds, and they believe that their findings could be applied t
In the final part of our five-part interview with serial inventor and flying car advocate Dezso Molnar, he introduces his newest venture: a race series.
Another flying car company is preparing to join the race to the skies, as Australia's Macchina Volantis gears up to build a prototype of its road-drivable 5-seat electric aircraft.
• https://www.fastcompany.com, BY KATHARINE SCHWAB
We all know that sitting in an economy class seat on an airplane is murder on your back, your legs, and your sanity. But a new concept developed for the airplane manufacturer Airbus claims to be able to ease your aches and pains through a smart texti
The iconic superjumbo A380 launched by European plane maker will stop delivering from 2021. Why? Nobody wants them. Interestingly, the company's stock rose 4.31 percent in early morning trading in Euronext ParisA rising from €103.06 to €108.80.
Boeing has entered the race to build the next generation of supersonic commercial aircraft, announcing a new partnership with Aerion. Though few details were given, the new agreement includes a "significant investment" by Boeing and will see the aero
Airbus chief technology officer (CTO) Grazia Vittadini predicts a quantum era in aerospace. Vittadini made this prediction in a Wall Street Journal article.
Boeing successfully completed the first test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) prototype in Manassas, Virginia. Boeing NeXt, which leads the company's urban air mobility efforts, used Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to d
Given how many groups are now developing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, it shouldn't come as a surprise that aerospace giant Boeing has been working on some of its own.
After first emerging from its hangar in the middle of 2017, the Stratolaunch aircraft has been slowly but surely edging towards takeoff with a series of increasingly rapid taxi tests.
Elon Musk turned a few heads on Twitter yesterday, January 9 when he claimed that an upcoming Tesla car might have the ability to fly. But is such an idea actually possible?
The flying taxi space is becoming pretty crowded with what you could call audacious vehicle concepts, and Bell has just dropped another one to coincide with CES in Las Vegas.
Herb Kelleher, the larger-than-life Southwest Airlines impresario who taught the world that air travel did not have to be the exclusive plaything of the rich, died yesterday at 87.
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