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Supersonic travel hasn’t been a reality for even the most well-off individuals since the Concorde was retired almost 20 years ago, but a company called Venus Aerospace wants to make super-fast passenger planes a reality again. Its proposed Stargazer aircraft will blow right past supersonic into the realm of hypersonic …

(Photo: Samsung)If hopping on a plane in the middle of a pandemic isn’t nerve-wracking enough, imagine the terror of those aboard Alaskan Airlines flight 751 this week when a Samsung Galaxy A21 randomly caught fire. The phone combusted just after the plane reached the Seattle-Tacoma airport on Monday evening. The …

A plane was forced to make an emergency landing after it hit a bird, minutes after it had taken off. As of now, no any injury has been reported and it is believed that no any severe damage was made to plane. The report from the local news says that …

A chartered plane, which was carrying Chapecoense Football Team, crashed Monday night, killing more than 70 people. The Brazilian first division football team was traveling from Santa Cruz, Bolivia to its next stop, where they had to play a game. As per as reports, the plane had lost communication with ground controls around …

The plane that crashed in Colombia virtually wiping out an entire Brazilian soccer team was running out of fuel, had no electrical power, and was preparing for an emergency landing, according to the pilot’s final words. Only six on board the LAMIA Bolivia charter flight survived, including three of the …

Football fans stood united as the bodies of Monday’s plane crash victims arrived at Brazil’s Chapecoense stadium for a memorial service. The BBC’s Julia Carneiro was at the stadium where one fan spoke of “immeasurable” loss.

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Gustavo Vargas Villegas worked for the Bolivian aviation authority The Bolivian authorities have detained a second suspect over the air crash that killed most of Brazil’s Chapacoense football team last month. Prosecutors said Gustavo Vargas Villegas, a former aviation authority official, is being held on …