Date of sighting: Oct 2, 2026Location of sighting: Snohomish, Washington, USASource: NUFORCThis orb was spotted coming over the Washington state mountains last week. The glowing…
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Records released by the National Security Agency to The Black Vault in September 2025, and now being published online by The Black Vault, provide additional…
Read MoreFatal accident happened during Athens Flying Week event on 5 September. Both crew members of a Greek air force McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom lost their lives when the aged fighter crashed during an air show display near the nation’s capital on 5 September. One of a handful of remaining operational examples assigned to the Hellenic…
German city will join Paris, Nice and Milan in the all-business-class operator’s network. All-premium transatlantic operator La Compagnie will add Dusseldorf in Germany to its network when it takes delivery of its third Airbus A321LR aircraft next spring. The French carrier says it will also receive an A321XLR in 2028. La Compagnie will operate up…
At least five people were also injured, including three critically Five people died and five were injured when an 21 Air Boeing 767-300ER converted freighter operated for Amazon Air overran a Miami International airport runway on 6 September, according to Miami officials. The jet landed at a time when nearby storms had caused winds to…
Social media images indicate smoke and flame after jet came to halt. One of retailer Amazon’s Prime Air Boeing 767-300ER freighters has overrun during landing at Miami airport. The aircraft overran the end of runway 30 shortly before 14:00 on 6 September, with smoke and flame apparent in video footage after it came to a…
Urgent directive from European and US regulators warns over potential for dual in-flight shutdown. Operators of Rolls-Royce Trent-powered Boeing 777s and older Airbus A330 variants have been ordered to de-pair engines with certain oil pumps over concerns about potential dual in-flight shutdown. According to an emergency directive from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, a…
The labour strife follows strikes at Air Canada and WestJet in recent years. Flight attendants of Jazz Aviation, a key operator of many Air Canada Express flights, have voted to authorise a strike should contract negotiations further break down. The Canadian Flight Attendant Union (CFAU) says 97% of its more than 1,000 eligible members cast…
Airbus twinjet set to expand line-up of Israeli cargo modification specialist. Israel Aerospace Industries has carried out the first flight of its Airbus A330-300 converted freighter, commencing airborne testing for the twinjet’s certification campaign. The A330-300BDSF will bring an Airbus model to IAI’s line-up of Boeing freighter conversion programmes. It will have a payload capability…
The investment comes atop $100 million P&W plans to spend to expand another Polish facility. Engine maker Pratt & Whitney (P&W) is further investing in manufacturing operations in Poland, revealing growth plans intended to support increased production of components for PW1000G geared turbofans (GTFs) and for military powerplants. The company plans to spend $25 million…
Manufacturer hails key milestone in production-reshoring effort. Britten-Norman is gearing up for the delivery in the coming weeks of the first BN-2 Islander assembled from detailed component level in the UK. To be handed over to customer the Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS), the piston-twin (MSN2317) performed its maiden sortie on 3 September. While…
Massive cache of data will be sanitised of personally identifiable information by a third party before transfer to the search giant, says Google. Third-party scrubbing will be insufficient to protect employees’ identities and other private information if bankrupt Spirit Airlines’ corporate records are sold to Google to train AI models, workers say. Through their unions,…
