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Plane crash in Colombia kills all 15 on board including lawmaker

A Satena flight from Cúcuta to Ocaña crashed in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people aboard, among them local lawmaker Diógenes Quintero.

A Twin Otter aircraft purchased by Colombian airline Satena is seen in the company's hangar in Bogota, Colombia, November 25, 2024; illustrative.
A Pakistani Air Force JF-17 Thunder fighter jet, painted with the national flag, flies past during the Pakistan National Day parade in Islamabad, March 23, 2007; illustrative.

Pakistan, Saudi in talks on JF-17 jets-for-loans deal, sources say

 KLM AIRCRAFT are seen on the tarmac at Schipol airport near Amsterdam April 15, 2015.

Dutch airline KLM running low on de-icing fluid for planes in Amsterdam

An Air India Express' Boeing 737 MAX passenger aircraft is seen during an event unveiling the airline's new brand identity at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai on October 18, 2023.

Air India admits it found 'lost' Boeing 737 after 13 years, parked in Kolkata airport


Purdue University launches expedition to locate Amelia Earhart's plane on remote Pacific island

Expedition sets to investigate mysterious 'Taraia Object' on Nikumaroro Island in search for Earhart's plane.

 Purdue University launches expedition to find Amelia Earhart's missing plane on remote Pacific island.

FedEx restarts full express service to Israel after two-week airspace shutdown

FedEx has returned to normal import-export operations in Israel following the reopening of the country’s airspace, the company said on Wednesday.

 FedEx airplane.

Israel's state plane, Wing of Zion, departs for Athens amid fears of Iranian retaliation

Israel's version of Air Force One took off from Ben-Gurion Airport on Friday morning just before IDF spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin announced that Iran launched over 100 attack drones.

 Israel Aerospace Industries workers’ union chairman Yair Katz is seen ceremonially removing the "experimental" sticker on the Wings of Zion, Israel's answer to Air Force One.

Three people found alive after plane comes down in Siberian forest, Russia says

A search and rescue plane had been sent to locate the aircraft that was performing forestry aerial reconnaissance, Rosaviatsia said.

Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-20M

Early exposer of Qatari influence, calls Trump taking plane gift ‘an insult to democracy’

Charles Small: It’s very problematic that Qatar is able to buy influence now in the White House, in the Senate, in Congress, in our most sacred institutions.

 The motorcade of US President Donald Trump is parked next to a 12-year old Qatari-owned Boeing 747-8 that Trump was touring in West Palm Beach, Florida, February 15, 2025.

'I don’t see any controversy': Qatar's PM defends plan to gift Trump $400 million plane

Al-Thani denied that the $400 million gift was to control or manipulate the US in anyway, claiming instead that they would provide what the US needs as allies.

 Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani speaks in Doha, January 15, 2025

Stranded: Survivor shares ordeal after spending 36 hours in gator-infested swamp after plane crash

The five survivors, including a 6-year-old boy, spent 36 hours in the predator-infested swamp area before being rescued on Friday by some fishermen.

Five people survived an intensive ordeal after they were left stranded in an alligator and anaconda-infested swamp last week when their small plane lost altitude and was forced to land in the Bolivian jungle. 

Malta investigates neutrality breach after Israeli plane seen in airspace before flotilla attack

Malta opened an investigation into an Israeli plane recorded in airspace before a flotilla attack by a Gazan activist.

 Graffiti is seen on the hull of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship 'Handala' as activists prepare to sail for Gaza. Malta August 16, 2024.

El Al flight from New York proceeds despite hairline crack in cockpit window

A hairline crack was discovered in the cockpit window. Aviation experts approved continuing the flight to Tel Aviv.

 AN EL AL plane takes off at Ben-Gurion Airport. With major carriers reducing or suspending their services, passengers are left with few options, and El Al has become one of the few reliable choices, yet this reliability comes with a hefty price tag, the writer notes.

Planes from Cyprus, Croatia, Italy, France to provide support as firefighters battle inferno

The massive blaze continues to rage as over 120 firefighting and rescue teams attempt to contain the spreading fire.

Aircraft dispersing fire-retardant materials