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AA Catches Fire

American Airlines Plane Catches Fire on Tarmac in Denver, 12 Hospitalised. An American Airlines flight was evacuated on the tarmac at Denver International Airport on Thursday after a fire broke out on the plane, sending smoke billowing into the air. Footage of the evacuation showed passengers on the wing of the Boeing 737-800, some clutching…

Qatar Airways “World’s Best Airline” defends leaving dead body next to couple on flight for several hours

Qatar Airways has said its staff acted “quickly, appropriately and professionally” when a couple were forced to sit next to the body of a woman who died mid-flight. Following an internal review, the airline said in a statement that cabin crew responded “at all times in line with training and industry standard practice” after the…

Delta Down

Delta jet flips upside down on a snowy Toronto runway. A Delta Air Lines jet flipped on its roof while landing Monday at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, but all 80 people on board survived and those hurt had relatively minor injuries, the airport’s chief executive said. Snow blown by winds gusting to 40 mph (65 kph)…

SpaceX rocket explosion illustrates Elon Musk’s ‘successful failure’ formula

The spectacular explosion of SpaceX’s new Starship rocket minutes after it soared off its launch pad on a first flight test is the latest vivid illustration of a “successful failure” business formula that serves Elon Musk’s company well, experts said on Thursday. Rather than seeing the fiery disintegration of Musk’s colossal, next-generation Starship system as…