An Airbus A380 from Australia to South Africa took passengers on a 9-hour flight to nowhere after a satellite issue

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Qantas Airbus A380 aircraft as seen flying and landing at London Heathrow Airport LHR.
A Qantas Airbus A380.

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A United flight from Paris to DC had to U-turn to avoid flying across the Atlantic without enough working bathrooms

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A United Airlines Boeing 767 is at London Heathrow Airport in London, United Kingdom, on June 10, 2023.
A United Airlines Boeing 767.

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Delta passengers were delayed by 2 days after their flight diverted when an on-board oven caught fire

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Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-300 wide body passenger airplane spotted taking off from Polderbaan runway departing from Amsterdam Schiphol AMS Airport
A Delta Air Lines Airbus A330.

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A Delta flight to China faced a 2,000-mile detour and a 9-hour delay when one of the pilots fell ill

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A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350
A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350.

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A United flight to Greenland U-turned after airport security staff were told they weren't properly trained to screen the passengers

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A 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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Air China passengers leaving London faced a 13-hour delay after engine trouble forced an unscheduled layover in Siberia

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An Air China Boeing 777-300 ER plane prepares for landing at the Capital International airport in Beijing on October 22, 2024.
An Air China Boeing 777.

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Arizona dust storm forces dozens of flight diversions

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A giant dust storm approaches the Phoenix metro area as a monsoon storm pushes the dust into the air, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Phoenix.
A haboob rolled through Phoenix on Monday evening.

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United passengers from New York to London endured a flight to nowhere and an 11-hour delay — then got to the UK after their original plane

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A Boeing 767-424 of United Airlines takes off from Berlin-Brandenburg
A United Airlines Boeing 767.

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Breeze Airways passengers were delayed 7 hours after diverting due to an 'unruly' skateboard-waving passenger

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A police car and a Breeze Airways Airbus A220 parked on the tarmac at Grand Junction Airport in Colorado
Police attended to the flight after it diverted to Colorado.

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Mexico City's airport flooded, forcing flights to nowhere and diversions like a landing 800 miles away

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Soldiers remove water from a flooded house following heavy rainfall in Mexico City, Mexico, August 10, 2025.
Soldiers removed water from a flooded house in Mexico City on Sunday.

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