Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikExperts Warned Southwest Airlines, FAA About Outdated Software for YearsThe feds are taking a close look at both Southwest's January failure and the Federal Aviation Administration's…ByErin MarquisPublishedFebruary 8, 2023Comments (5)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikFour Hospitalized After Battery Fire Breaks out on United Airlines FlightA laptop battery caught fire, causing United flight 2664 to divert back to San Diego just minutes into the flight.ByAndy KalmowitzPublishedFebruary 7, 2023Comments (19)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikUnited Airlines Allegedly Skipped Pre-Flight Fire System Checks on More Than 100,000 FlightsThe FAA proposes a $1.15 million fine, but the airline says the check is performed automatically on Boeing 777…ByAndy KalmowitzPublishedFebruary 7, 2023Comments (7)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikRussian Jet Catches Fire Days After Planes Declared Safe Despite SanctionsThe country says it can keep planes safely in the air until 2030 even with international sanctions on airplane parts.ByErin MarquisPublishedFebruary 6, 2023Comments (19)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikFirefighting Boeing 737 Crashes in Australia, Crew Walks AwayThe Coulson Aviation plane crashed in a Western Australia national park while fighting two wildfires.ByRyan Erik KingPublishedFebruary 6, 2023Comments (24)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikFedEx Cargo Plane Nearly Collides With Southwest Flight in Latest Near Miss at U.S. AirportsThe FAA have three high profile accidents to investigate — all from the last few weeks.ByErin MarquisPublishedFebruary 6, 2023Comments (28)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikThings Are Kind of a Mess at Two New York Area AirportsA near-miss at Newark comes weeks after several close calls at JFK.ByErin MarquisPublishedFebruary 3, 2023Comments (33)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikThe Enormous Antonov An-225 Mriya Flies Again in Microsoft Flight SimulatorThe world's largest, heaviest plane, destroyed by Russia during the Ukraine invasion, lives on in digital form.ByBob SorokanichPublishedFebruary 3, 2023Comments (12)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikParents Ditch Baby at Check-In After Failing to Buy the Infant a Plane TicketRyanAir charges parents just $27 to hold a baby through a flight.ByErin MarquisPublishedFebruary 2, 2023Comments (277)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikWhy Somalia Has Air Traffic Control for the First Time Since the 1990sThe country's airspace was deemed uncontrolled after the start of the Somali Civil War in 1991.ByRyan Erik KingPublishedJanuary 26, 2023Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikAustralian Airliner Turns Back During 3-Hour Flight Over Incomplete PaperworkMonday's flight from Adelaide to Perth was Qantas' fifth turned-around flight of 2023 so far.ByRyan Erik KingPublishedJanuary 25, 2023Comments (6)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikAirport Worker Sucked Into Jet Engine Was Repeatedly Warned to Stand BackAccording to the NTSB, the employee had been briefed twice that the plane's engines were still running, moments…ByRyan Erik KingPublishedJanuary 24, 2023Comments (158)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikFlying Last Year Sucked. Expect More of the Same in 2023"The days of flying being fun are long over," experts told NBC.ByErin MarquisPublishedJanuary 23, 2023Comments (21)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikHow a Hacker Unearthed the TSA No-Fly ListWhat began as bored browsing ended with 1.5 million entries from an FBI database.BySteve DaSilvaPublishedJanuary 23, 2023Comments (45)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikThat Massive Air Travel Outage Was All Because Of One ContractorHave you ever accidentally deleted an important file while moving things around? Imagine that, but you also disable…BySteve DaSilvaPublishedJanuary 20, 2023Comments (60)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikNASA and Boeing Are Working Together to Make Planes More EfficientThe space agency and the aerospace company could make planes more eco-friendly going into the 2030s.ByLawrence HodgePublishedJanuary 19, 2023Comments (25)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikTSA Says No to Snakes on a Plane After Florida Woman Tries to Bring Boa on BoardAirlines made a change in 2021 as to what emotional support animals or pets were allowed on board. Support snakes…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedJanuary 17, 2023Comments (6)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikThe Grognard Was the Strangest Jet Bomber of the Early Cold War EraThis weird, hump-backed French jet went from cutting-edge in 1950 to obsolete in 1952.ByKelsey D. AthertonPublishedJanuary 16, 2023Comments (28)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikHow Contrails Are Aviation's Biggest Threat to the EnvironmentA lengthy study found that contrails created 57 percent of the industry’s contribution to the climate crisis.ByRyan Erik KingPublishedJanuary 13, 2023Comments (57)Save
Beyond CarsPlanelopnikBeyond CarsPlanelopnikFeds Identify Hundreds More UFO ReportsAt least 171 reported sightings have no preliminary explanation.ByErin MarquisPublishedJanuary 13, 2023Comments (26)Save