The Iran conflict triggered some of the longest-ever flights to nowhere, with 2 planes returning to their bases after 16 hours

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An Emirates Airbus A380-800 bound for Dubai departs Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, on February 26, 2026.
An Emirates Airbus A380, like the one that returned to Auckland.

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Flight diversion map: See where flights are getting rerouted to in the aftermath of the attacks on Iran

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A list of canceled flights at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon on February 28, 2026.
A list of canceled flights from the main airport in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday.

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MAPPED: Mexico cartel violence forced dozens of flights to divert, including a pair of private jets

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Smoke billows from burning vehicles amid a wave of violence, with torched vehicles and gunmen blocking highways in more than half a dozen states, following a military operation in which a government source said Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, known as
Smoke billows from burning vehicles in Puerto Vallarta on Sunday.

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Passengers flying to Paris spent 21 hours stranded in the remote nation of Turkmenistan before a spare plane came to rescue them

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A view shows the Golden Horse Monument featuring former Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov riding an Akhal-Teke, Turkmenistan's national horse, in Turkmenistan's capital of Ashgabat on June 28, 2023.
A monument of Turkmenistan's former president, in Ashgabat.

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40 New Year's Day flights were diverted away from San Diego after a storm hit the city

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: San Diego Police officers, standing on State Route 163, and members of the San Diego Lifeguard River Rescue Team look for people after the San Diego River overflowed and flooded areas in Mission Valley during a storm on January 1, 2026 in San Diego, CA.
The San Diego River overflowed on New Year's Day.

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A 13-hour Delta Air Lines flight from China to Detroit diverted to Japan after a mechanical issue

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A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350 approaches Los Angeles International Airport for a landing from Tokyo on October 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California
A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350.

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A United plane that suffered a broken windshield while flying at 36,000 feet may have hit a weather balloon

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An United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to Baltimore on March 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max.

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Pete Hegseth had his very own flightmare when his government plane was forced to U-turn over the Atlantic

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on ahead of the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, part of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence Summit at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on October 15, 2025
Pete Hegseth was in Brussels for a NATO summit on Wednesday.

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An Air India Boeing 787 diverted to Dubai after its autopilot malfunctioned

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Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft as seen on final approach flying for landing at London Heathrow International Airport LHR EGLL in England, United Kingdom on March 19, 2020.
An Air India Boeing 787.

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A Ryanair flight almost ran out of fuel when a major storm led to several aborted landings and a 175-mile diversion

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Boeing 737 Ryanair aircraft identification code EI-DHG at the international airport Leonardo Da Vinci. Fiumicino (Italy), July 08th, 2025
A Ryanair Boeing 737.

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