RABAT - A Swiss man will attempt to fly from Africa to Europe using a jet-powered wing attached to his back on Wednesday, his technical team announced Tuesday. Yves Rossy, 50, plans to fly 38 kilometres across the Strait of Gibraltar from Tangier
LONDON - The renowned Red Arrows aerobatic display team presented its first woman pilot on Thursday, ending a high-altitude all-male bastion. Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Moore, 31, will perform with the Royal Air Force display team from next year unti
LONDON - A United Airlines pilot has been charged after being arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being drunk shortly before he was about to fly a transatlantic airliner, police said on Wednesday. Erwin Washington, 51, from Lakewo
LONDON - Police charged a United Airlines pilot late Tuesday after his arrest on suspicion of being drunk as he was about to help fly a passenger plane from Heathrow Airport, a spokesman said. Erwin Vermont Washington, 51, was charged with exceedi
LONDON - A United Airlines pilot who was pulled from his trans-Atlantic flight to Chicago shortly before takeoff has been charged with having too much alcohol in his system, British police said Tuesday. Scotland Yard said that 51-year-old Erwin Verm
LONDON - Police arrested a United Airlines pilot on suspicion of being drunk as he was about to help fly a passenger plane from London's Heathrow Airport, an officer and the airline said Tuesday. The pilot was arrested at the world's busiest airpor
LONDON - A United Airlines pilot was pulled from a plane and arrested shortly before takeoff after a co-worker suspected him of being drunk, police and air officials said Tuesday. Scotland Yard said the 51-year-old was arrested after officers were c
PARIS - Two French Rafale jet fighters crashed on Thursday in the Mediterranean sea off the coast of southern France, and one pilot was recovered, the French navy said. Major air and sea resources were deployed immediately in the zone to find the
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