5+ mon, 2+ week ago (640+ words) A Boeing passenger plane bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff in India on Thursday, killing 241 out of the 242 people on board. Authorities have stated that the aircraft went down in a residential neighborhood, and additional casualties on the ground are likely. Officials said that Air India Flight 171 crashed in Ahmedabad, which is made up of close to five million people, and crashed just five minutes after takeoff while heading to London. "The scenes emerging of a London-bound plane carrying many British nationals crashing in the Indian city of Ahmedabad are devastating," British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said. "It appears there are no survivors in the plane crash," Commissioner G.S. Malik said, adding that "some locals would have also died" in the buildings it crashed into. "Exact figures on casualties are being ascertained," he said. However, one British passenger miraculously survived…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago (331+ words) Only a day after Israel launched attacks on Iran, a Boeing 747 freighter plane departed from China, the following day, another left from a coastal Chinese city, and then on Monday, a third plane took off from Shanghai, raising concerns that China might be sending weapons to Iran, as per a report. The concerns over what might have been sent from China in the direction of Iran increased as the flight plan indicated that each plane was bound for Luxembourg, but none of the planes were even spotted anywhere near Europe, according to The Telegraph report. China-Iran Strategic TiesA lecturer at the University of Exeter who specializes in China's relations with the Middle East and North Africa, Andrea Ghiselli pointed out that, "These cargos cannot but generate a lot of interest because of the expectation that China might do something to…...

5+ mon, 23+ hour ago (586+ words) At least two North American airlines have been victims of criminal hackers recently as the FBI and cybersecurity companies warn that a notorious cybercriminal group has been targeting the aviation industry. WestJet and Hawaii airlines both said in June statements that they are responding to cyberattacks. American Airlines also experienced a tech issue on Friday, though it's unclear if it was related or caused in any way by hackers. "A technology issue is affecting connectivity for some of our systems and we are working with our partners to fully resolve the issue," an American Airlines spokesperson said in a statement. "Though we are experiencing delays as a result, we have not canceled any flights at this time." Cybersecurity companies that work directly with companies hit by hackers usually refrain from talking about specific victims, citing nondisclosure agreements. But both Google…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago (449+ words) The crisis began on October 30 when JetBlue Flight 1230, cruising at 35,000 feet from Cancun to Newark, suddenly plunged thousands of feet after intense solar particles interfered with its onboard flight-control computers. Passengers were injured as the aircraft lost reliable navigation data, forcing the pilots to divert to Tampa. FAA investigators later confirmed that a coronal mass ejection struck Earth that day, and the radiation corrupted crucial data pathways inside the A320s electronic systems. Airbus responded with an Alert Operators Transmission (AOT), urging every global carrier flying the A319, A320, and A321 to immediately update radiation-shielding software and vulnerable hardware modules. "Airbus has identified a significant number of A320 Family aircraft currently in service which may be impacted," the company said. Airlines including American, Delta, United, Lufthansa, IndiGo, JetBlue, and easyJet have already begun grounding affected jets for emergency upgrades. The A320 is the most widely used passenger…...