Air traffic control chaos affecting 700,000 passengers was made worse when an engineer couldn't log in remotely

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CRAWLEY, ENGLAND - AUGUST 28: People wait near check-in desks at Gatwick Airport on August 28, 2023 in Crawley, United Kingdom.
Passengers at London Gatwick Airport on the day of the incident in August 2023.

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An Airbus A380 flew for nearly 300 hours with a 4-foot-long tool left inside one of its engines

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A Qantas Airways Airbus A380 takes off from Dresden Airport.
A Qantas Airbus A380.

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I've explored the world's most luxurious airport, complete with a butterfly garden and a pool. It's my favorite layover spot.

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A selfie of the author at the Changi pool holding a cocktail stitched with a picture of the indoor waterfall.
Changi Airport in Singapore is my favorite airport to have a long layover.

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Boeing begins a new chapter, resuming 737 Max production and giving $350 million to a troubled supplier

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A Boeing 737 Max is displayed during the Farnborough Airshow, in Farnborough, on July 18, 2022
A Boeing 737 Max, the latest version of the company's most-sold plane.

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US airlines stopped from flying to Haiti for a month after planes from 3 different carriers were hit by gunfire

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A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 departs at Los Angeles International Airport en route to Pittsburgh on September 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
A Spirit Airlines plane was shot on approach to Haiti.

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China's renaming of its regional jet is another clear sign its homegrown planemaker is coming for Boeing and Airbus

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The underside of a Comac C909 passenger aircraft in flight.
The ARJ21, COMAC's first commercially available plane, was rebranded on Tuesday to the C909.

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Dozens of passengers on 2 different flights to Japan fell ill with symptoms like vomiting and stomach pain

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United Airlines plane taking off.
A United Airlines Boeing 737.

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Skiplagged, the money-saving website that airlines hate, says it's not going anywhere after losing a $9.4 million lawsuit from American

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A flyer at an AA ticket counter.
American Airlines sued Skiplagged for damages of "hidden-city" ticketing.

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Elon Musk joined a video call at 38,000 feet to show off Qatar Airways' new Starlink WiFi

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A screenshot of a video call between Elon Musk, Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, and the Chairman of Qatar Tourism Saad bin Ali Al-Kharji
Elon Musk joined a video call with the Qatar Airways CEO using Starlink on a test flight.

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An apparent bomb threat saw over 200 Air India passengers stranded in Canada's freezing remote north before the air force picked them up

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An Air India Boeing 777 is at London Heathrow Airport in London, United Kingdom, on June 10, 2023
An Air India Boeing 777 was diverted to northern Canada this week after a bomb threat.

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