A United Express regional jet carrying more than 45 people skidded off a runway at Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in the Canadian capital of Ottawa late Sunday afternoon, airline and emergency officials said.
A Merpati Airlines passenger plane carrying at least 27 people crashed off Indonesia's West Papua province on Saturday, officials said, adding that a number of bodies have been recovered.
The next phase in the construction of Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport's new runway began recently with the demolition of a nearby hotel. That space was needed to ensure that aircraft have a sufficient safety area...