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A helicopter crash due to engine failure kills 6 in northwest Pakistan

Sep. 28, 2024 06:56 AM EDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A helicopter crash due to engine failure has killed six people and injured eight others in Pakistan’s northwest, a local police officer said Saturday. The chartered flight was transporting employees of Mari Petroleum when it crashed in North Waziristan,...

A federal judge in Texas will hear arguments over Boeing's plea deal in a 737 Max case

Sep. 27, 2024 18:47 PM EDT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered a hearing next month over Boeing's agreement to plead guilty to conspiracy in connection with the 737 Max jetliner, two of which crashed, killing 346 people. Families of some of the passengers killed in the crashes object...

Today in History: September 25, Military escorts Little Rock Nine into Central High

Sep. 25, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 25, the 269th day of 2024. There are 97 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 25, 1957, nine Black students who had been forced to withdraw from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, because of unruly white crowds were...

Bad weather cited in 2 fatal Nebraska plane crashes minutes apart

Sep. 19, 2024 14:30 PM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Bad weather was reported near two Nebraska farm fields where small planes crashed minutes apart in August, according to preliminary reports from the National Transportation Safety Board. The two crashes happened on Aug. 26, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) apart,...

Air Force to deploy Osprey aircraft in weeks following review over deadly crash

Sep. 18, 2024 14:53 PM EDT

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — Air Force Special Operations Command is weeks away from deploying its fleet of CV-22B Osprey aircraft for counter terror operations after grounding its crews in the wake of a fatal crash last November in Japan, its top commander said Wednesday. In the...

Today in History: September 18, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies

Sep. 18, 2024 00:01 AM EDT

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 18, the 262nd day of 2024. There are 104 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering champion of women’s rights who became the court’s second female justice, died at...

China says it tailed a US spy plane through the sensitive Taiwan Strait

Sep. 17, 2024 06:56 AM EDT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese warplanes tailed a U.S. military aircraft through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, China’s military said. The U.S. aircraft was a P-8A Poseidon patrol and reconnaissance plane, capable of conducting long-range anti-submarine warfare, according...

All 4 dead aboard plane after weekend crash near runway in rural Alaska

Sep. 16, 2024 14:32 PM EDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The weekend crash of a plane roughly a half-mile from a runway near the southwest Alaska community of St. Mary's killed all four occupants on board the aircraft, authorities said. Alaska State Troopers said they received a report of an overdue aircraft...

A military jet crashes in Bulgaria during a drill. Both pilots are killed

Sep. 13, 2024 09:40 AM EDT

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A Bulgarian military jet crashed on Friday during a drill for an airshow marking the anniversary of the country joining NATO, authorities said. Both pilots aboard the aircraft were killed. The L-39 Albatros training jet went down shortly after noon near Graf...

Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet braked to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest plane

Sep. 12, 2024 21:06 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An Alaska Airlines jet taking off in Nashville braked to a rapid stop on the runway to avoid a possible collision Thursday with a Southwest Airlines plane, and federal agencies are investigating the incident. The Federal Aviation Administration said the...