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Washington (CNN) -- A misguided photo shoot of Air Force One over New York City in 2009 terrified residents, infuriated the president, and cost the director of the White House Military Office his job. Now, NASA is working to prevent a similar panic in Washington D.C. NASA officials this week...

Two US F-15 fighter jets on Saturday intercepted a small civilian plane flying near Camp David, the presidential retreat where Barack Obama is spending the weekend with his family. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said the jets intercepted the Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft...

(CNN) -- The FAA has seen the light. And they want to put an end to it. Federal Aviation Administration officials on Wednesday plan to announce they will impose civil penalties on people who point lasers into the cockpit of aircraft. The number of pilots reporting being targeted by lasers...

A pilotless plane which was built in the UK has been recognised as having smashed the world record for the longest time spent in the air by an unmanned autonomous vehicle (UAV), after staying aloft for two weeks. The record-breaking flight took place in July over the US and has now been...

Kathmandu, Nepal -- A DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft that went missing en route from Lamidanda to Kathmandu in eastern Nepal crashed in a mountainous area east of the capital, killing all 22 people aboard, an airport spokesman said Thursday. "The aircraft seems to have hit a...

CHARLOTTE, NC – Monday night a U.S. Airways spokeswoman confirmed something which made people sick got in the air of one of their aircraft Saturday morning. On Saturday, U.S. Airways flight 1131 left from Charlotte headed to Barbados. (The flight was 1131, but it was aircraft #722.) Before...

Washington -- An Alaska-based Air Force F-22 that went missing on a training mission is "believed to be crashed," a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday. Col. Dave Lapan did not immediately give other details about the situation. The aircraft lost contact with air traffic control Tuesday...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2010/07/13/friel.barefoot.bandit.cnn Accused "barefoot bandit" Colton Harris-Moore is expected to be arraigned in a Seattle, Washington, federal court on Thursday in connection with a series of airplane and boat thefts in the Pacific Northwest. The...

An AirTran flight made an emergency landing Saturday evening because of smoke in the aircraft, an airline spokesman said. It departed from New Orleans, Louisiana, and was headed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. AirTran Airways Flight 619 had 65 people onboard, Christopher White said in a statement...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An inquest into the death of Brit Frederick Edwards in 1933 found 200 nails, 36 staples and 3 penknives. But he didn’t even have half the appetite of Frenchman Michel Lotito, whose stage name was “Mr Eat All.”...

Israeli aircraft denied Turkey overflight JERUSALEM, (UPI) -- An Israeli aircraft carrying military personnel to Poland for a tour of Holocaust memorial sites was denied permission to use Turkish airspace, officials said. The cargo plane was forced to use an alternate route, Ynetnews.com...

BAE Systems Australia to service F-35s WCASTLE, Australia, (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems Australia signed an agreement for readiness and sustainment support for combat aircraft purchased by the Australian government. Support work will be conducted for Lockheed Martin's F-35...

Study: Aircraft can produce precipitation BOULDER, Colo., (UPI) -- A U.S. study has shown aircraft climbing or descending under certain conditions can cause snow or rain to develop and fall to the ground. Turboprop and jet aircraft inadvertently seed mid-level clouds, leaving behind odd-shaped...