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USA

Debris from US plane falls from sky over Denver homes

One resident said he saw a massive piece of debris fly past his window and into his truck, crushing the cab and pushing the vehicle into the dirt.

USA

Boeing Max returns to US skies with first passenger flight

American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the plane’s first commercial flight in US skies since it was grounded after two deadly crashes.

Russia

Equipment stolen from Russian 'doomsday' military aircraft, media say

The Il-80 craft, known for its ability to survive a nuclear war, was reportedly infiltrated during maintenance at an airfield in the Rostov region.

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Plane makes emergency landing and hits vehicle on Minnesota motorway

A light aircraft has made a night-time landing on US motorway, hitting a vehicle.

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Plane with first doses of CoronaVac vaccine lands in Brazil

Brazil has received its first batch of the Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine despite a political and diplomatic row over whether to use it.

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Swiss 'first to complete parachute jump from solar-powered plane'

Swiss explorer Raphael Domjan has completed what is claimed to be the world's first parachute jump from a solar-powered aircraft.

World News

Seven people killed in plane crashes in Germany and Switzerland

A microlight plane crashed into a building in the German town of Wesel, while another deadly incident involved a small aircraft in the Swiss Alps.

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Taiwan military disinfects plane carrying coronavirus ship evacuees

Evacuees will now be kept in quarantine for two weeks.

Ecotech

Nearly half of all flights from the UK are down to stag dos abroad

Swapping Dubai for Edinburgh is the equivalent of giving up driving for 7 months, new analysis has found.

France

Search abandoned for missing French citizens after plane crash

A rescue mission has failed to find four French citizens who have been missing since their plane crashed near the Caribbean island of Dominica on Sunday, local authorities said on Tuesday.

United Kingdom

Watch: Pilot lands 394-ton A380 sideways as Storm Dennis rages

The Etihad Airways A380 from Abu Dhabi was forced into a special manoeuvre when landing at Heathrow due to strong crosswinds.

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Plane overshoots runway, skids into street in Iran

After what seems like a botched landing, an Iranian passenger plane with some 150 passengers aboard, ended up belly-down on a highway near the airport in the city of Mahshahr, Iran.

World News

In pictures: the best images from this week's biggest stories

Dramatic scenes from Australia where the fight against wildfires is far from over, and from France where unions took to the streets over pensions.

France

Stowaway found dead in landing gear of Air France plane in Paris

The body of the stowaway was found after the plane - coming from the Ivory Coast - had landed in Paris.

USA

Plane crash in Louisiana kills five en route to college football game

A twin-engine plane headed to Atlanta crashed shortly after takeoff Saturday in Lafayette, Louisiana, killing five and injuring at least two, officials said.

Chile

Chile military plane missing with 38 on way to Antarctica

In a statement early Tuesday, the air force said the plane had not been heard from in more than seven hours and likely would have run out of fuel around 12:40 a.m.

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Plane crash kills at least 24 people in eastern Congo

At least 24 people died after a plane crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo shortly after take-off on Sunday.

Russia

Russia plane emergency: 'The pilots did not make a single mistake'

"The pilots did not have any room for manoeuvre," said aviation expert Vadim Lukashevich. "They were lucky because they landed in the field where there were no buildings. But still, they worked in an extreme situation and did not make a single mistake. At least I did not notice a single error."

Spain

Plane evacuated after filling with smoke shortly before landing

Passengers evacuated a British Airways flight when the cabin reportedly filled with smoke shortly after it landed in Valencia, Spain.

Spain

British Airways plane evacuated after cabin fills with smoke

A British Airways plane had to be evacuated after landing in Valencia, Spain, because the cabin filled with smoke.