An Alaska Airlines jet had to dodge a SkyWest flight near an Oregon airport. Near-misses are surprisingly common.

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An Alaska Airlines flight.
An Alaska Airlines flight.

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Airbus just unveiled the private jet version of its smallest airliner, which is estimated to cost $100 million — see inside the plane

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The bedroom on the ACJ TwoTwenty.
ACJ TwoTwenty king bed.

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A Russian airline is planning to fly an Airbus A320 out of a wheat field where it made an emergency landing last month

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An Airbus A320 of Russia's Ural Airlines passenger plane, which made an emergency landing in a field while flying from Sochi to Omsk, is seen near the settlement of Kamenka in the Novosibirsk region, Russia, September 12, 2023
The Ural Airlines plane suffered a hydraulics failure in September.

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The fastest private jets in the world ranked by speed

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8 Gulfstream G700
The G700 is one of the fastest purpose-built private jets currently in service.

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Russia destroyed the world's largest airplane, but its smaller sibling survives — meet the An-124

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Germany Bundeswehr NH90 helicopter AN-124
Ukraine's An-124 fleet received two saved engines from the destroyed An-225 Myria.

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The world's largest airplane was destroyed by Russia — and Ukraine estimates it will cost $500 million to rebuild. Take a look at what's left of the mammoth jet.

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The An-225 with no wings or cockpit, taken August 10 at Hostomel.
The Antonov An-225 "Mriya"as it looked on Aug. 10 of this year.

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Take a look at the $10 million Embraer Phenom 300, which just became the new most popular private jet in the US

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Embraer Phenom 300E
The Brazilian-made Embraer Phenom 300 has surpassed the best-selling Cessna Citation Excel as the US' most popular private jet.

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Charter planes are descending on the Nevada desert — and the pop-up Black Rock City airport — as tech bros and billionaires gather for Burning Man

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Burning Man has its own pop-up airport.
Burning Man has its own pop-up airport.

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Airline close calls have been happening multiple times per week, report finds

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: A United Airlines lands as the other planes are taxiing to take-off at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on September 15, 2022.
Close-call incidents are often the result of human error, such as mistakes made by air traffic controllers and pilots, a New York Times investigation found.

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Southwest passenger's video shows plane's engine spitting out flames mid-flight

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The engine of SWA flight #307 started spewing flames mid-flight.
The engine of SWA flight #307 started spewing flames mid-flight.

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