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Palantir stake explodes from £276,000 to £3.65m as Camden faces Gaza backlash
Camden Council’s investments in Palantir, the controversial AI company with ties to the Israeli military, have increased by over 1,200% since October 2023.
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Qatar’s giant 747 arrives in Ireland without the $120m runway rebuild Turkey needed
The Qatar-donated Boeing 747-8 that has been transformed into Bridge Air Force One is about to demonstrate just how different Ireland’s situation is from Turkey’s.
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Five killed as Amazon Air cargo plane crashes at Miami airport and hits vehicles
An Amazon Air cargo plane overshot the runway while attempting to land at Miami International Airport, killing five people and seriously injuring five more.
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Trump to fly Qatar’s $400 million Boeing 747 to Ireland despite security concerns
President Donald Trump plans to fly to Ireland next week on the Boeing 747 donated by Qatar, despite concerns over its security and unfinished upgrades
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Trump ditches new Air Force One for old presidential jet on surprise UK flight
President Donald Trump has left Turkey on an older VC-25A Air Force One jet. The U.S. Air Force’s new VC-25B Bridge aircraft had brought Trump to that country yesterday for the NATO Summit, but left without him on board earlier today.
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EU court judges held shares in major companies they could later rule on, investigation finds
More than 40 per cent of jurists at the Court of Justice have declared private financial interests, with some working on cases concerning industries where they hold stakes.
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Trump makes first flight aboard $400 million jet gifted by Qatar
President Donald Trump boarded his very first flight on the self-dubbed ’world’s most luxurious plane’ this morning, departing for North Dakota to attend an America 250 celebration.
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Chilling footage captures engine ripping from UPS cargo jet moments before deadly crash
The fiery final seconds of a doomed UPS cargo plane have been revealed in chilling new footage showing an engine tearing away from the wing just after takeoff.
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Conflict around Azur Air: the Russian company Wildberries is attempting to acquire the airline from the Turkish Kockar family, owners of the international tourism group ANEX
Wildberries & Russ, increasingly resembling a large-scale corporate raiding structure, risks straining Russia–Turkey relations.
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Russia’s largest charter carrier Azur Air has found itself on the brink of collapse due to sanctions, an aging fleet of Boeing aircraft, and restrictions imposed by the regulator
The war in Iran may finally finish off Russia’s largest charter carrier Azur Air, which was already “sinking.” In mid-March, Russia’s aviation authority Rosaviatsiya restricted the airline’s operator certificate after engine and component failures in Azur Air aircraft had “acquired a systemic character.”
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Airbus warns of global flight disruption as 6,000 A320 jets need urgent software fix after radiation glitch
Passengers have been cautioned about disruptions after it was discovered that thousands of Airbus planes need a critical software update last night.
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Boeing with 300 people on board makes emergency landing after engine fire
The right engine of the Boeing 757-300 started spewing flames shortly after departing from Corfu in Greece - distraught passengers reported that they began ’sending text messages to loved ones’ as they feared the worst.
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Moment of terror in Taipei: UPS Boeing 747 attempted to land three times during typhoon and struck wing on runway
This is the terrifying moment a Boeing 747 wing crashes into the runway, sending bursts of sparks into the air.
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Alaska Airlines grounds entire fleet due to software glitch: flight cancellations and chaos in the US
One of the biggest airlines in the US was forced to ground its entire fleet after a software outage.
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Boeing 737 makes emergency landing in Japan after cabin pressure loss — 191 aboard
A Boeing 737 plane flying from Shanghai to Tokyo made an emergency landing in Osaka after a sudden pressurisation failure forced it to drop nearly 26,000ft in 10 minutes on Monday.
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Trump to receive luxury jet from Qatar as new Air Force One
The Trump administration is set to accept a luxury plane from the Qatari royal family that will be retrofitted and used as Air Force One during the president’s second term...
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British firms are among the companies that have exported aircraft parts which ended up in Russia
Data indicates that aircraft parts from over 100 Western companies reached the Russian aviation industry through India.
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Boeing starts furloughs for thousands as strike continues
Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab said furloughs began on Friday for thousands of employees in Washington State and Oregon, after more than 32,000 workers went on strike last week, halting production of the U.S. planemaker’s best-selling 737 MAX and other jets.
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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has returned to Earth, but without its astronauts on board
Nasa’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who flew Starliner amid technical failures, will remain at ISS until February
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Dozens were injured after severe turbulence damaged the interior of a Boeing jet
At least 30 passengers have been wounded after their Air Europa flight from Spain to Uruguay was hit by severe turbulence.
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Ryanair Boeing 737 Max plunged 2,000 feet in 17 seconds on a flight to London
A Ryanair flight plummeted more than 2,000ft at high speed in just 17 seconds as it came in to land, an investigation has found.
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Passenger killed and 30 injured after flight from London hit by severe turbulence
One passenger has been killed on a flight from London to Singapore after the aircraft was struck by severe turbulence.
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Boeing 737 plane skids off runway at Senegal’s main airport with 10 people injured
The Boeing 737 was carrying 85 people and was heading for Bamako