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SpaceX lost contact with its powerful Starship rocket over the Gulf of Mexico after its launch on Thursday. “We lost contact with the ship, just like last time,” said SpaceX official Dan Huot, referring to a January launch in which the rocket’s upper stage exploded over the Caribbean, scattering debris Despite losing contact with the upper stage, SpaceX managed to return the huge booster stage to the launch tower – catching it with arms called “chopsticks.” It was the third time SpaceX completed the tricky engineering feat. Shortly after liftoff and booster separation, live video showed the upper stage was tumbling out of control before the signal was lost. SpaceX turned off its livestream about about 40 minutes after the launch Setback for Musk, who is in Washington to lead Doge The setback may raise questions about billionaire Elon Musk and his SpaceX programme, as he spends most of his time in Washington working on President Donald Trump’s government reforms by leading the Departmen...

  On Sunday, a plane carrying 72 passengers in Nepal crashed on landing. No survivors have been found. Just how common is this sort of tragedy nowadays Over the hundred-year history of commercial aviation, safety has improved dramatically. However, a series of  high-profile incidents  over the past few years have re-ignited fears. On Sunday, Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashed while landing at Pokhara in Nepal. All 72 people on board are believed to have died, making it the country’s deadliest crash in 30 years. On Monday, a spokesman said the plane was cleared for landing, and the pilot had not reported “anything untoward” on approach. Despite this, flying is safer than ever. Aside from drastic improvements in aircraft technology and pilot training, stricter regulatory environments ensure all procedures are consistently followed, and even the most minor mishaps are learned from According to the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority, there is an  average of one fatality for eve...

  AN AIR CANADA flight almost caused the “worst aviation crash in history” last year after being just feet away from hitting four other planes on the runway, according to the latest report. Safety officials say a near collision of airliners in  San Francisco  last year was a few feet from becoming the worst crash in aviation history and underscores the need for faster reporting of dangerous incidents before evidence is lost. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a final report Thursday on the incident in which an  Air Canada  jet nearly crashed into planes lined up on the ground at San Francisco International Airport. The pilots were slow to report the incident to superiors. By the time they did, the plane had made another flight and the cockpit voice recording of the close call was recorded over. The NTSB says the recording could have helped investigators understand why the Air Canada pilots missed the runway and were about to land on a taxiway where ...

  Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis-Saint Paul to Toronto, operated by Endeavor Air, appears to have landed upside down in Toronto. The flight was Endeavor 4819, a CRJ-900 (N932XJ).

 On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde passenger jet on an international charter flight from Paris to New York, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and four on the ground. It was the only fatal Concorde accident during its 27-year operational history. The Concorde’s crash was caused by the loss of the two engines on the left side of the aircraft. A piece of debris on the runway caused one of the left side tires to disintegrate. When the tires exploded a piece hit the underside of the aircraft, which ruptured one of the fuel cells slightly ahead of the intakes to the engines 1 and 2. The fuel, which ignited, choked out the two engines on the left side, and the Concorde crashed into a hotel in Gonesse, France just 5 km from the runway.

  France Flight 8969 was an Air France flight that was hijacked on 24 December 1994 by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA) at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers. The terrorists murdered three passengers and their intention was either to detonate the aircraft over the Eiffel Tower or the Tour Montparnasse in Paris. When the aircraft reached Marseille, the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN), a counter-terror unit of the French National Gendarmerie, stormed the plane and killed all four hijackers.

 American Airlines Flight 191 was a tragic aviation accident that occurred on May 25, 1979. Shortly after taking off from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, headed for Los Angeles International Airport, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 aircraft lost its left engine. This catastrophic engine detachment caused significant damage to the wing and its hydraulic and electrical systems. The plane rolled over and crashed into a field approximately half a mile away from the end of the runway, killing all 258 passengers and 13 crew members on board, as well as two people on the ground. It remains the deadliest aviation accident to have occurred in the United States. The investigation revealed maintenance and procedural failures, leading to significant changes in aviation safety practices and regulations.

 National Airlines Flight 102 was a cargo flight operated by National Airlines between Camp Shorabak (formerly Camp Bastion) in Afghanistan and Al Maktoum Airport in Dubai, with a refueling stop at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. On 29 April 2013, the Boeing 747-400 operating the flight crashed moments after taking off from Bagram, killing all seven people on board The subsequent investigation concluded that improperly secured cargo broke free during the take-off and rolled to the back of the cargo hold, crashing through the rear pressure bulkhead and disabling the rear flight control systems. This rendered the aircraft stuck in an uncontrollable pitch-up attitude and induced a stall, and made recovery by the pilots impossible.

  The military has released video showing the moments just before a a C-17 crashed. Four people were killed in the July incident in Alaska. A pilot’s overly aggressive maneuvering and overconfidence were blamed in an investigative report. (Dec. 11)  https://youtu.be/ovwEhbATsDQ moments just before a a C-17 crashed. Four people  were killed in the July incident in Alaska. A pilot's overly aggressive maneuvering and overconfidence were blamed in an investigative report. (Dec. 11

  Passengers Evacuate Plane That Caught Fire On Oct. 28, an American Airlines Boeing 767 aborted takeoff from Chicago O'Hare International Airport en route to Miami after an "engine-related mechanical issue." This video shows passengers and crew evacuating the plane which had caught fire. Photo: Hector Gustavo Cardenas

  A small plane crashed in Northeast Philadelphia 30 seconds after it took off as crews respond to a fiery scene, Pennsylvania’s governor said Friday. Gov. Josh Shapiro  said he is offering all “Commonwealth resources as they respond to the small private plane crash in Northeast Philly.” The crash happened less than 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, which primarily serves business jets and charter flights. Photos taken at the crash site appear to show residential homes on fire. Michael Schiavone, 37, was sitting at his home in Mayfair on Friday when he heard a loud bang and his house shook. He said it felt like a mini earthquake and when he checked his home security camera footage, he said it looked like a missile was coming down. “There was a large explosion, so I thought we were under attack for a second,” he said. Flight data showed a small jet taking off from the airport at 6:06 p.m. and disappearing from radar about 30 seconds later after climb...

  Military helicopter flight paths around Reagan National Airport face renewed scrutiny after deadly collision with commercial flight Military helicopter flights forced at least two planes to abort landings at  Reagan National Airport  in the week before a deadly collision presumably killed 67 people on Wednesday, according to a report. On Tuesday night, just one day before the collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, a different plane alerted the air traffic control tower that it had to abort its landing to avoid collision with a helicopter,  the Washington Post reported . Yet another plane arriving at DCA from Charlotte scrubbed its landing on Jan. 23, again because of a helicopter. "They had to circle back around because there was a helicopter in the flight path," said RIchard Hart, a passenger on the Jan. 23 flight who spoke to the Washington Post. "At the time I found it odd. ... Now I find it disturbingly tragic." The tw...

  A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members  collided with an Army helicopter  while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., sending the two aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River and killing everyone on board. The collision occurred at around 9 p.m. Wednesday in one of the world’s most tightly controlled airspaces, just over 3 miles (5 kilometers) south of the White House and U.S. Capitol. An overnight search-and-rescue effort turned into a recovery operation Thursday. The cause is under investigation.

  All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter were feared dead ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet  that collided  with an Army helicopter were feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said Thursday. At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River after the helicopter apparently flew into the path of the jet late Wednesday as it was landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, officials said. The plane carried 60 passengers and four crew. Three soldiers were aboard the helicopter. “We don’t believe there are any survivors,” said John Donnelly, the fire chief in the nation’s capital. “We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation." The plane was found upside-down in three sections in waist-deep water, and first responders were searching an area of th...