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Air traffic controllers at Hong Kong International Airport. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Find the facts behind cargo planes scare in Hong Kong

Hong Kong airport must maintain its enviable record on safety and investigate collision alert involving jets.

The Philippines

‘A total wreck’: lost Philippine fighter jet found smashed into mountainside

FedEx

FedEx plane makes emergency landing in US after bird strike, engine fire

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Aviation

Aborted airport landings add to series of US aviation incidents

So-called ‘go-arounds’ by passenger jets followed four major aviation incidents in recent weeks.

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The air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Photo: AFP
Africa

Sudan military plane crash death toll rises to 46

Aircraft crashes are common in Sudan, which has a poor aviation safety record.

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Aviation

Southwest airliner in near-miss with business jet at Chicago airport

Video shared on social media showed the Southwest Boeing 737 abort its landing moments from touching down.

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Malaysia

‘It’s hard to have expectations’: search for missing flight MH370 resumes

Conducted by deep-sea exploration company Ocean Infinity, the new search will cover a 15,000 sq km area of the southern Indian Ocean.

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Family members of passengers and crew on board missing flight MH370 and Malaysia’s Transport Minister, Loke Siew Fook at an event in Subang Jaya last year marking the 10th anniversary of its disappearance. Photo: EPA-EFE
Aviation

Driving remains riskier than flying in 2025 - those accidents aside

‘A person would have to travel by air every day for 103,239 years to experience a fatal accident,’ the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in its most recent Air Safety Report.

Malaysia

New search for missing MH370 plane begins in Indian Ocean

Ocean Infinity’s operation focuses on four hotspots off Australian coast where researchers believe the wreck would most likely be.

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Fame and celebrity

Who is Sean Duffy, Donald Trump’s new secretary of transportation?

The former Wisconsin congressman appeared on MTV reality shows like The Real World, presented on Fox News, and was a world champion lumberjack before being appointed to the president’s cabinet.

Meet Sean Duffy, Trump’s new secretary of transportation who has nine children, and whose striptease in 90s MTV show The Real World went viral. Photo: AFP

Toronto plane crash survivor recalls ‘insane’ moment

Dramatic new video of Toronto crash as survivor recalls ‘insane’ moment Delta jet rolled
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Aviation

Canadian investigators recover black boxes from Toronto plane wreckage

Canada’s TSB sends cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder to lab for further analysis.

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Delta Air Lines plane flips on landing in Toronto

Aviation

Delta plane flips upside down in Toronto crash, all 80 aboard survive

Canada’s largest metropolis had been experiencing strong, snowy winds when the CRJ-900 aircraft touched down at Toronto Pearson Airport.

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The plane flipped onto its roof on the runway. Photo: AFP
United States

Trump fires hundreds of US air traffic control staff weeks after fatal crash

Dismissals raise concerns over air traffic safety, staff shortages after recent fatal collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

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The air traffic control tower after the American Airlines crash at the Reagan National Airport on February 03, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Photo: AFP
South Korea

South Korea to ban in-flight power bank charging after plane fire

Transport ministry also prohibits passengers from storing portable batteries and e-cigarettes in overhead cabin bins.

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Fame and celebrity

Who is Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil, whose private jet just crashed?

Vince Neil is the frontman of Mötley Crüe – the heavy metal band founded by Pamela Anderson’s ex Tommy Lee – who was also famously involved in a fatal car accident in the 1980s.

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Aviation

Plane owned by Motley Crue singer in deadly collision at Arizona airport

Collision at Scottsdale Airport follows three major US aviation disasters in the past two weeks.

A damaged Learjet, right, after colliding with a parked jet at Scottsdale Airport, Arizona. Photo: AP Photo
Aviation

Wreckage of missing Alaska small plane found, all 10 aboard dead

The Bering Air plane crash marks the third major US aviation mishap in eight days.

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The Philippines

Plane crash kills 4 in the Philippines

The US military-contracted plane was on a routine mission providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support

United States

US to upgrade ‘broken’ air traffic system after crash that killed 67

Trump urges Congress to pass ‘a single bill’ to provide a better control system, calls current technology ‘obsolete’.

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The air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
The Philippines

4 killed after US military-contracted plane crashes in Philippines

US military said 1 US service member and 3 defence contractors were killed in the crash during a ‘routine mission’ on Mindanao island.

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A US military-contracted plane crashed in a rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines on Thursday, killing all four people on board. Photo: UGC via AP
South Korea

Jeju Air, Air Busan offer ultra-cheap fares to revive demand amid safety fears

Low-cost carriers engage in price war to attract customers as safety concerns persist following recent accidents.

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Aviation

Taxiing Japan Airlines plane hits parked Delta aircraft at Seattle airport

The moving plane’s wing struck the other aircraft’s tail, but there were no reported injuries.

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United States

Families visit crash site days after deadliest US air disaster since 2001

Dozens walked along banks of Potomac River outside Washington where a commercial jet and army helicopter collided on Wednesday, killing 67.

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An American Airlines jet passes as families of the victims of last week’s mid-air collision stand near the crash site at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on Sunday. Photo: AP
United States

US crash investigators puzzle over 30-metre mismatch in helicopter’s altitude

Investigators uncovered conflicting readings about the height of a helicopter involved in the deadliest US aviation incident for decades.

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An American Airlines aircraft prepares to take off from Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington on Saturday. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
United States

Toll rises to 7 dead and 19 hurt in Philadelphia plane crash

Along with the six Mexican nationals on board, the crash also killed at least one other person, who had been in a car on the ground.

United States

Plane with 6 Mexicans crashes in Philadelphia, Trump reacts

US President Donald Trump says it is ‘so sad to see the plane go down in Philadelphia’ with ‘more innocent souls lost’.

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