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Qantas Sydney to Hong Kong Flight Gets Bomb Hoax Call | Today in Aviation
On May 26, 1971, Peter Macari executed one of Australia’s most brazen extortion schemes, holding 128 passengers and crew...
Today in Aviation: Skybus Airlines Ceased Operations
Its goal was to become the most affordable airline in the United States. The company’s strategy focused on serving route...
Today in Aviation: First Flight of the Tupolev Tu-124
This aircraft marks a significant milestone as the inaugural Soviet airliner equipped with turbofan engines.
Today in Aviation: Boeing 737 Becomes the World’s New Best-Selling Jetliner
As of 2013, the worldwide 737 fleet had accumulated over 184 million flights and 264 million block hours since its intro...
Today in Aviation: Barbara Harmer Becomes First Female Pilot of Concorde
Without delay, she aimed to pilot the world’s sole supersonic airliner, Concorde, and submitted her candidacy for the si...
Today in Aviation: Singapore Airlines Flight 117 Hijacked by Pakistani Terrorists
The hijackers, purporting to be members of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), demanded the release of Asif Ali Zardari, t...
Today in Aviation: FedEx Flight 80 Crashed at Japan’s Narita Airport on March 23, 2009
FedEx Express (FX) Flight 80, operated by a McDonnell Douglas MD-11F bearing the registration N526FE, encountered advers...
Leap Year: American Airlines Ordered 167 New McDonnell MD-80s on Feb 29, 1984
American Airlines (AA), on February 29, 1984, ordered 167 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft, marking the largest commerci...
TODAY IN AVIATION | The World’s First Turboprop Airliner flight | EXCLUSIVE
A significant day for aviation lovers is 28 July On this day in history, a turbine-powered airliner performed the first-...
TODAY IN AVIATION | The Deadliest Sknyliv Air Show Accident In History | EXCLUSIVE
The Sknyliv air show catastrophe happened on Saturday, July 27, 2002, at the Sknyliv airport near Lviv, Ukraine, when a ...
American Airlines Quietly Tightens 24 Hour Refund Policy
United Airlines Lets 777 and 787 Attendants Use Hidden Crew Bunks on Long Haul Flights
American Airlines Canceled the Flight, Then Its Entire System Went Down
PAN-PAN Explained: The Pilot Emergency Call That Isn’t a MAYDAY
IndiGo Airlines to Order New Planes by 2030
