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El Al Boeing 747-400 (4X-ELD) departing JFK's Runway 22R enroute to Tel Aviv. (Photo by Mario Craig)

Israeli President Ditches El Al for Air Canada in Fare Dispute

Israeli President Shimon Peres has arrived in Canada on an official five day visit, but no thanks to his country’s national airline. Israeli media reports say an unusual row erupted last week between the President’s...
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Three landmines found in luggage at Newark Liberty Airport. (Photo by TSA)

TSA Finds Three Landmines in Woman’s Luggage

A New Jersey woman flying to San Francisco to attend an explosives demonstration packed three shrapnel-filled landmines for the occasion. TSA screeners were not impressed.
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Big Flocking Deal: Air Force Two Hits Birds While Landing in California

An Air Force plane carrying Vice President Joe Biden suffered a bird strike while landing in southern California late this week.
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Flight path of the twin-engine Cessna 421, N48DL. (Map by FlightAware.com)

Unconscious Pilot at Controls of Plane Over Gulf of Mexico

Two F-15 pilots Thursday morning discovered that the pilot of a plane flying aimlessly over the Gulf of Mexico was apparently unconscious.
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An Air Canada Boeing 767-300ER (C-GEOQ) seen lifting off from Montreal (left: Photo by Gordon Gebert Jr.). A radar image of Venus from the Magellan spacecraft. (right: Image by NASA)

Drowsy Air Canada Pilot Dives Plane to Avoid Hitting Venus: Yup, the Planet

It's not often that the pilots of earth-based vehicles are forced to make risky, evasive maneuvers to avoid colliding with other worlds, but that's exactly what an Air Canada pilot did last year, a government investigation has ...
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