A United 787 engine fire underscores the role of swift pilot actions and the dangers on the ground

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A United 787 takes off from LAX.
A United Airlines Boeing 787 suffered an engine failure after taking off from Los Angeles (not the aircraft pictured).

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I flew to Dubai for my 30th birthday. Now I'm stranded 8,000 miles from home and terrified after the US strikes on Iran.

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Young lady dressed in black, seated and holding a bouquet of white roses.
Shanice Day and her best friend are stuck in Dubai following the strikes in the Middle East.

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Air travel has been thrown into chaos with cancellations, diversions, and airspace closures after strikes on Iran

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A flight-tracking map shows airplanes avoiding Iran and Iraq following military strikes on 28 February 2026
Iran and the Persian Gulf is home to some of the world's busiest airspace.

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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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600 airline passengers faced the weirdest sleepover ever, when heavy snow left them stuck on stationary planes overnight

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An Airbus A350-900 is preparing for the longest non-stop flight in the history of Lufthansa on Sunday night at Hamburg Airport.
Passengers on five Lufthansa Group flights spent the night at Munich Airport.

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'Misery map' shows which airports are getting slammed by the East Coast snowstorm as cancellations pile up

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Flight board at LaGuardia airport shows cancellations.
A departures board at LaGuardia Airport shows several flight cancellations.

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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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A JetBlue plane made an emergency landing at Newark after smoke was reported in the cabin

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A JetBlue Airways Airbus A321 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to New York on October 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
A JetBlue flight made an emergency landing on Wednesday.

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Travelers endured a half-day flight to nowhere after their plane u-turned over the Arctic 7 hours into the journey

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An All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-9 takes off from Haneda airport in Tokyo on October 29, 2025.
An ANA Boeing 787 departing Tokyo's Haneda Airport.

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