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Plane crash lands on golf course from 20,000 feet as witnesses tell of 'crunch'
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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August 17, 2025
A plane crash landed on a golf course, with players hearing a loud "bang" before the aircraft plummeted from the sky onto the green. The Piper Cherokee was forced to land during a training flight. Miraculously, the two people on board escaped...
Plane evacuated at Helsinki Airport after ground collision
Helsinki Times
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August 17, 2025
Passengers were evacuated from a Finnair aircraft at Helsinki Airport on Saturday morning after a ground support vehicle collided with the plane’s propeller. The Central Uusimaa Rescue Department received an alert at 10:50am and initially...
Plane’s Engine Explodes Over Corfu – Vid
To Vima
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August 17, 2025
A frightening seen in the sky above the Ionian Sea Island of Corfu on Saturday evening as an explosion in one of the engines of a Condor Airways passenger heading for Dusseldorf was recorded by people on the ground. The images soon went viral over...
26 Routes: Where Singapore Airlines Is Flying Its High-Capacity Boeing 787 Dreamliners
Simple Flying
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August 17, 2025
Singapore Airlines' passenger-carrying fleet consists of 145 aircraft, not all of which are active. Ch-aviation shows that 125 of them are widebodies: the Airbus A350, A380, Boeing 777-300ER, and—the subject of this article—the 787-10. At 5.1...
Here’s why all flyers should be worried if Spirit Airlines goes away
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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August 17, 2025
By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Time could be running out for Spirit Airlines to continue operating, which would be bad news not only for its employees and customers but for all people seeking low-priced flights. For decades, the discount carrier...
Turkish Airlines subsidiary AJet receives first 2 of 12 Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets
AeroTime News
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August 17, 2025
Turkish Airlines low-cost subsidiary carrier AJet has received the first two of 12 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft from Irish lessor CDB Aviation. CDB Aviation, which is owned by China Development Bank Financial Leasing, said on August 14, 2025, that...
Used cooking oil to fuel for planes at India’s first sustainable aviation fuel plant
The Indian Express
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August 17, 2025
The country’s largest refiner and fuel retailer Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) expects to start producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on commercial scale at its Panipat refinery by December, following the recent international certification...
Avelo Airlines Launches New Nonstop Flights from Concord Airport
Times News Global
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August 17, 2025
CONCORD, N.C. — Avelo Airlines announced three new nonstop flights from Concord-Padgett Regional Airport on Thursday, August 14. The routes will connect Concord to San Juan, Puerto Rico; West Palm Beach, Florida; and Albany, New York. The flights...
Singapore Airlines Krisflyer Introduces SCOOT Award Chart As Redemption Option
LoyaltyLobby
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August 17, 2025
Singapore Airlines Krisflyer has added an additional redemption option for their members, now allowing them to redeem miles for SCOOT flights to have a wider choice of destinations. The SIA owned budget carrier was long affiliated with the program...
Used cooking oil to produce aviation fuel: IndianOil
Rediff
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August 17, 2025
Cooking oil is often discarded after being used for frying at home or in restaurants. IMAGE: Used cooking oil is filtered to remove impurities. Photograph: Emily Chow/Reuters However, a refinery of IndianOil has now won a certification to use the...
Por qué todos los pasajeros deberían preocuparse si Spirit Airlines desaparece
KVIA - Texas
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August 17, 2025
Por Chris Isidore, CNN Spirit Airlines podría quedarse sin tiempo para seguir operando, lo que sería una mala noticia no solo para sus empleados y clientes, sino también para todas las personas que buscan vuelos económicos. Durante décadas, la...
IndianOil gets global nod to make aviation fuel from used cooking oil
Madhyamam
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August 17, 2025
New Delhi: Cooking oil discarded after frying in homes, hotels, and restaurants will soon fuel aircraft, with Indian Oil Corporation’s Panipat refinery in Haryana becoming the first in the country to receive international certification to produce...
United Airlines Boeing 787 Turns Back Over The Atlantic After Spoiler Issue
Simple Flying
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August 17, 2025
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your Simple Flying account On August 3rd, a United Airlines Boeing 787-9 operating flight UA1122 to Cape Town was forced to return to Newark Liberty following a reported spoiler issue. The aircraft had already...
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Man’s Small Plane Keeps Getting Stolen and Returned — and the Mysterious Thief Even Replaced the Battery By Toria Sheffield
People - New York
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NEED TO KNOW Someone repeatedly stole a California man’s plane — and also replaced the battery Jason Hong, 75, went to visit his plane at the Corona Municipal Airport on July 28 to find it mysteriously gone The plane has since disappeared and then...
'True community hero': Loved ones remember plane crash victim
WTSP - Florida
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August 17, 2025
People have already helped raise more $36,000 for Nicholas Mancuso's family, but his friends say more donations would go a long way. CHINLE, Ariz. — We’re hearing from loved ones who knew one of the four victims who died in a plane crash on the...
Heart-stopping moment plane crash lands at Mona Vale golf course in Sydney in front of horrified onlookers
Daily Mail
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August 17, 2025
By CHARLOTTE MCINTYRE, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 03:57 EDT, 17 August 2025 | Updated: 06:09 EDT, 17 August 2025 A plane has made an emergency landing on a packed golf course in Sydney, with the pilot and passenger miraculously escaping...
Horror moment plane CRASHES on golf course injuring two as golfers rush to help pilot instructor & student on board
The U.S. Sun
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August 17, 2025
THIS is the shocking moment when a small plane smashed into the ground at an Australian golf course. Footage shared widely on social media shows golfers enjoying a round on Sunday as the light aircraft tumbles out of the sky. 5 The plane came down...
Watch: Plane makes emergency landing on Australian golf course
BBC
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August 17, 2025
This is the moment a light aircraft made an emergency landing on a Sydney golf course, with the pilot and passenger escaping without major injuries. The Piper Cherokee plane crashed at Mona Vale Golf Club during a training flight on Sunday, with...
Hongkonger with muscular dystrophy revels in ‘dream’ visit to aviation centres
South China Morning Post
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August 17, 2025
Hong Kong teenager Chen Tsz-kin, who lives with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, was unfazed by the threat of stormy weather on Sunday as he embarked on a much-awaited visit to two aviation companies with his friends. The 16-year-old was diagnosed...
Aviation regulator flags slow hiring via UPSC, seeks autonomy for recruitment
Hindustan Times
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August 16, 2025
India’s aviation safety regulator is demanding greater autonomy from government recruitment processes, citing internal projections that show only 294 new appointments are possible in the next six months due to bureaucratic delays, at a time when...