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When Naples Airport staff arrived before dawn, they didn't expect to find a plane damaged, empty and sitting in the grass beside the runway — with no pilot in sight. On Tuesday, Oct. 21 at around 5 ...

Malaysia: Airport bosses are trying to track down the owners of three Boeing 747s left dumped on tarmac at an airport - with a newspaper ad. The “off white” coloured aircraft and two white planes have ...

Box-cutting tools like those used by hijackers were found on airliners grounded by the Sept. 11 attacks, authorities said Saturday, as investigators linked a man arrested in London with one of the ...

When they're up and running, airports are hubs of life and activity, with excited travelers heading out on holiday, reluctant businessman flying for work and all walks of life passing through. When ...

Daylight saving time became a national standard in 1966 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act, which was established as a way to continue to conserve energy. The thinking was, ...

From the 1970s through the 1990s, tri-jets were a common sight in our skies. Aircraft with three jet engines were capable of transoceanic flights and more fuel-efficient than four-engine aircraft like ...