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FAA Issues Safety Alert Urging Airlines to Tackle Rising Lithium‑Battery Fire Risk

The notice stresses that halon cannot stop battery runaway, directing crews to cool overheating devices with water.

An-24 Crash Kills Nearly 50 in Russia’s Far East

49 Killed as Aging An-24 Crashes Near Tynda, Officials Launch Criminal Probe

Burning Wreckage of An-24 Passenger Plane Found Near Tynda With No Survivors

Engine Malfunction Forces Emergency Landing of American Airlines Flight 1665 as FAA Launches Investigation

NTSB Finds Manufacturing and Oversight Failures Behind Alaska Airlines Door Plug Blowout

IndiGo Flight Safely Lands After Severe Hailstorm Causes Mid-Air Emergency

Southwest Airlines Introduces Portable Charger Visibility Rule for In-Flight Safety

Navy Technician Charged After Bomb Threat Grounds Hawaiian Airlines Flight

Delta Flight and Air Force Jet Avoid Collision Near Reagan National Airport

Elon Musk and Trump Push $1 Trillion Deficit Reduction Plan Through DOGE

Deadliest U.S. Air Disaster in Decades: Plane and Helicopter Collide Near D.C.

Russian Air Defense Suspected in Azerbaijan Airlines Crash

Azerbaijan Airlines Crash in Kazakhstan Kills 38, Investigations Suggest Possible Russian Missile Involvement

Frontier Airlines Faces Lawsuit After Fiery Landing in Las Vegas

Ryanair Plane Evacuated in Italy After Engine Fire on Runway

Senator Pushes FAA for Stricter Oversight of Boeing