The police confiscated a kite on Saturday after it was flown near airplanes landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport, according to the airport police, and after a witness said he saw it make contact with a landing plane. United Airlines said that it “was aware of reports” that a kite had been in the path … Read more
A single-engine propeller plane crashed in a residential part of a Minneapolis suburb on Saturday afternoon, engulfing at least one home in flames, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and videos on social media. The F.A.A. said the plane took off from Des Moines International Airport and was headed to Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minnesota … Read more
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident in which four U.S. Air Force jets came close to a Delta Air Lines plane that was taking off from Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington on Friday, prompting air traffic controllers to direct the planes to safe distances. At about 3:15 p.m., Delta Flight 2983 was … Read more
Airlines are having to revamp their plans ahead of the peak summer travel season as Canadians avoid trips to the United States amid an escalating trade war between the two neighbors. A grass roots effort by Canadians to boycott all things American — from U.S. grocery products and alcohol to tourist hot spots — had … Read more
A man and two children who had been missing overnight were rescued on Monday from the wreckage of a plane that crashed into a frozen lake in south-central Alaska, the authorities said. The single-engine plane, a Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser, was reported missing just after 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, setting off search and rescue efforts … Read more
Venezuela announced Saturday that it had reached an agreement with the Trump administration to resume accepting deportation flights carrying migrants who were in the United States illegally, with the first one landing as soon as Sunday. Part of Venezuela’s willingness to accept the flights appeared related to the plight of Venezuelan migrants whom the Trump … Read more
Throngs of passengers anxious to get on their way surged into Heathrow Airport in London on Saturday, a day after a power blackout closed the airport and forced thousands to delay their trips. As information boards flickered back to life, an army of extra airport staff members, dressed in purple, sprang into action to help … Read more
Heathrow Airport in London, one of the world’s busiest air hubs, was set to resume a full day of service on Saturday. But after a fire at an electrical substation halted operations for most of Friday, global travel remained disrupted. The police were still investigating what had caused the fire at the substation in western … Read more
Phillip Kizun found himself having to improvise on Friday as he tried to get from London to Dublin, typically a routine trip. After finding out that his flight from Heathrow Airport had been canceled, Mr. Kizun, 58, took a train to Wales and then a ferry from the coastal town of Holyhead to the Irish … Read more
Heathrow Airport in London was plunged into chaos after a fire at an electrical substation shut down operations at one of Europe’s busiest air hubs, forcing the airport to cancel or divert more than 1,000 flights on Friday and removing a global linchpin of air travel. Heathrow’s chief executive, Thomas Woldbye, described the disruption as … Read more