Pratt & Whitney has said on it will spend $1.5 billion to buy Rolls-Royce share of the International Aero Engines consortium that produces the engine that powers the Airbus A320 plane family... more
Blundering American air traffic controllers ordered a plane carrying Michelle Obama to abort a landing because it was too close to a military cargo jet... more
Ryanair is urged to give passengers with children or special needs greater help in boarding planes after a three-year-old girl fell from airline steps... more
American planemaking company Boeing kick-started an expected aircraft orders frenzy at the Farnborough Airshow by announcing a multi-billion pound deal with Dubai carrier Emirates... more
Half term is coming and Michael O'Leary's planes will be filled with small children - but there's no toddler-height barrier on his aeroplane steps... more
A false reading from a faulty altimeter contributed to the crash near Amsterdam's Schiphol airport last week that killed nine people, investigators said... more
A Boeing 737 with 115 passengers and crew on board was almost torn in half when it crashed on take-off and burst into flames - but everyone got off the plane alive... more
Forget the Bullingdon Club. Forget too, these troubled times. Eton College has started its own club for those keen to get on, credit crunch or not: The Stockbroking Society... more
A packed jet was forced to make an emergency landing after a jar of mushrooms leaked onto a passenger from an overhead locker and triggered a severe allergic reaction, it was revealed... more
Terrified holidaymakers told of the moment they thought "they were going to die" when cabin pressure dropped dramatically on their flight to Spain... more
Two of London's wealthiest hedge fund managers paid themselves an estimated £400 million each last year, making them among the world's biggest winners from the credit crunch... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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