A Russian airline that ditched an Airbus A320 in a Siberian wheat field last year is abandoning plans to rescue the jet

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Ural A320 stranded in the field with cars and people around.
A Ural Airlines A320 has been stranded in a Siberia wheat field since September 12.

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Boeing's fleet of 8 corporate jets spent some 4,500 hours in the sky flying company executives last year, data shows

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People walk in front of Boeing's Washington state HQ in January 2024.
Boeing's top executives are using the company's corporate jet fleet for personal use.

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How the Iranian-backed Houthi militia compares to the US-led task force in the Red Sea

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A battle is playing out in the Red Sea as Yemen's Houthi militia attacks commercial shipping vessels headed to the Suez Canal using weapons supplied by Iran. Now a US-led task force is fighting back.

A startup wants to fly passengers in its supersonic plane by 2029, but high costs and unproven technology have some experts raising their eyebrows

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Boom Supersonic's Overture flying among clouds.
Boom Supersonic is developing a faster-than-sound passenger jetliner, but it has a laundry list of challenges to overcome.

Boom Supersonic

Russia's helicopters are screwing up its attempt to fool Ukraine with decoys by landing on its fake painted fighter jets: intel

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A Russian Ka-52
A Russian Ka-52 "Alligator" military helicopter fires a missile during the Aviadarts competition, as part of the International Army Games 2021, at the Dubrovichi range outside Ryazan, Russia on Aug. 27, 2021.

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Airbus flew its first 'Beluga Transport' mission to the US, using a freighter designed to carry oversized cargo like engines, tanks, and even other aircraft. Take a look.

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The BelugaST with an A320 fuselage inside.
Airbus recently secured an operator's certificate to fly in the US.

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I toured an experimental Boeing 777X aircraft, which the planemaker is using to certify the new $442 million widebody. See inside.

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A selfie of the author in front of the 777X test bed.
I toured an experimental Boeing 777X in January to see how engineers conduct tests and analyze flight data.

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After Russia lost 2 prized A-50 planes, Ukraine struck a factory that's replacing them, reports say

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A Russian Beriev A-50
A Russian Beriev A-50.

AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File

The captain and copilot of an A320 fell asleep for 28 minutes during a flight to Jakarta, report says

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A Batik Air plane.

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Russia has likely grounded its early warning aircraft fleet from flying Ukraine operations because of unsustainable losses, says UK intel

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A Russian Beriev A-50
A Russian Beriev A-50.

AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File

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