Volcanic ash stopped all four engines on two airliners
British Airways in 1982 and KLM in 1989 lost every engine in volcanic ash. The Met Office now forecasts ash in finer detail to keep more airspace open.
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Cosmic radiation doubles with every 6,000 feet you climb
One long flight gives you about a week of background radiation. A 2019 UK law protects crew who could pass 1 millisievert of cosmic radiation a year.
The trouble with ice on a wing
Even thin frost on a wing cuts lift and adds weight. Crews melt it with heated orange glycol, then add a thicker green fluid to stop new ice forming.
Five dead as Amazon cargo jet overruns Miami runway
A Boeing 767 freighter flying for Amazon ran off a Miami runway on 2026-09-06, killing five. The NTSB has published a preliminary report on the landing.
Concorde carried its last passengers in 2003. Nothing replaced it
Concorde's last passenger flight landed at Heathrow on October 24, 2003. Costs, noise and a fatal crash ended it, and no supersonic airliner has flown since.