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Suspected smugglers were caught trying to hide $10 million of gold by painting it silver and disguising it as machinery on a cargo plane

Tue, 04/09/2024 - 06:44

Hong Kong Customs on March 27 detected a suspected case of large-scale gold smuggling involving air freight, and seized about 146 kilograms of suspected gold with an estimated market value of about $84 million, at Hong Kong International Airport.

Transportation, trending-uk, Gold, Planes, hong-kong, Crime

From mishaps to tragedies, the flight industry has already had a rough 2024

Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:02

Here are eight flight incidents passengers faced in early 2024, from the tragic crash in Japan to plane engines catching on fire.

News, Transportation, Video, Supercut, video-format-supercut, new-this-week-video, Flights

A startup wants to fly passengers in its supersonic plane by 2029, but high costs and unproven technology have some experts raising their eyebrows

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 13:43

Tech Insider : Travel

Boom Supersonic's Overture flying among clouds. — Boom Supersonic is developing a faster-than-sound passenger jetliner, but it has a laundry list of challenges to overcome.
Boom Supersonic

Transportation, Travel, boom-supersonic, supersonic-travel, supersonic-jets, overture, xb-1

The new boss of Boeing's commercial airplanes division is a third-generation employee

Mon, 03/25/2024 - 13:39

Boeing's Stephanie Pope — Stephanie Pope has worked for Boeing for nearly three decades.
Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images

Transportation, Planes, Boeing, bca, boeing-planes, boeing-ceo, dave-calhoun

'America's greatest gift to Israel'

Sun, 03/24/2024 - 06:02

Tech Insider : Politics

A collage of Al Schwimmer — Without Al Schwimmer's aid to Israel, there would be no Israeli Air Force — and maybe no Israel.
Klawe Rzeczy for BI

Military & Defense, Discourse, Transportation, politics, Israel, world-war-ii, Planes

Vintage photos show how flying first class has changed over the past 70 years

Thu, 03/21/2024 - 11:40

Passengers sleeping on recliners with a flight attendant assisting in the 1950s. — The first-class section of a passenger plane in the 1950s.
Authenticated News/Getty Images

Transportation, Features, BITranspo, Airlines, first-class, first-class-flight, ANA

See inside the world's largest private jet, a $400 million Boeing 747 typically used by governments and the world's elite

Sat, 03/16/2024 - 10:03

A Boeing 747-8i. — A Boeing 747-8i, the world's largest private jet model.
Stephen Brashear/Stringer via Getty Images

Transportation, Features, Planes, BITranspo, boeing-business-jet, boeing-747, Boeing

The Justice Department reportedly opened a criminal investigation into the Alaska Airlines door blowout

Mon, 03/11/2024 - 12:46

Boeing 787 Max 9 interior showing missing door plug in NTSB photo of Alaska Airlines emergency landing — The hole left in the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 in January.
NTSB/AP

Transportation, alaska-airlines, Planes, department-of-justice, Boeing, NTSB, news-uk

Boeing is delaying its 737 Max production expansion after the Alaska Airlines door plug incident

Sat, 03/02/2024 - 14:24

Boeing 737 MAX9 takes part in a flying display over the Le Bourget Airport during the 52nd International Paris Air Show on June 22, 2017 — Boeing had been ramping up production rates for the 737 Max jets before the Alaska Airlines incident in January drew FAA scrutiny.
Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images

Transportation, Planes, Boeing, boeing-737, alaska-airlines

The FAA investigated Boeing's safety culture — and what they found wasn't good

Mon, 02/26/2024 - 17:28

Boeing — A Boeing manufacturing plant in Seattle, WA.
Toby Scott/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Transportation, Boeing, boeing-planes, boeing-max, Planes, FAA, commercial-flying

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