Boeing earnings missed analysts’ estimates for just the second time in five years as executives grapple with one of the worst crises in the aircraft-maker’s century-long history.

The return of flights from Cork and Shannon to the US east coast this summer remain in doubt as various US airlines signalled the Boeing 737 Max aircraft will not fly until at least mid-August.

All five passengers have been killed after a helicopter crashed into New York City's East River.

Three people were killed and two others injured when a helicopter crashed into a house in southern California just a few minutes after taking off, US officials said.

The pilot of a small plane that made a nighttime emergency landing on a Southern California road has described the moment the engine died, and he knew he would never make it to a nearby airport.

Around 100 million people shivered In the United States as temperatures plummeted - with a wind chill close to minus 100F (minus 73.3C) on New Hampshire's Mount Washington meaning it vied for the world's coldest place.

A sudden power outage brought the world's busiest airport to a standstill on Sunday, grounding more than 1,000 flights in Atlanta just days before the start of the Christmas travel rush.

The ban on laptops in the cabins of planes flying from the Middle East to the US is over, with federal officials saying that large airports in the region have taken other steps to increase security.

The pilot of an Air Canada plane carrying 140 passengers made a last-minute manoeuvre to avoid landing on a taxiway at San Francisco International Airport where four passenger jets were lined up to take off.

Details of the first direct flights from Cork to the US could be announced within days after US authorities sanctioned the airline’s final piece of operational paperwork over the weekend.

Details of the first transatlantic flights from Cork Airport could be announced within days after US authorities sanctioned the airline's final operational paperwork last night.

Actor Harrison Ford reportedly had a potentially serious run-in with an airliner at a southern California airport.

The airline planning to launch low-cost transatlantic flights from Cork and Shannon this summer has welcomed comments from the White House backing its expansion to the US.

Apple maps release was a bit of the disaster for the tech giant from Cupertino. However they will be looking to improve their maps app with the use of drones to map out their own data.

An air ambulance plane taking a heart disease patient to a Utah hospital has crashed and exploded in a car park in northern Nevada, killing all four people aboard.

Seven passengers and a flight attendant reported minor injuries after an American Airlines aircraft caught fire and passengers were evacuated onto the runway at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

A remote village on the north-west coast of Alaska has begun a reverse tourism campaign - residents want visitors to stay away.

Samsung's share price has tanked as it grapples with a vast product recall following reports its flagship Note 7 smartphone keeps bursting into flames.

USA: Firefighters put out a blaze at an office building in New Jersey — after waiting for 100,000 rounds of ammunition stored inside to explode.

A hot air balloon burst into flames over central Texas on Saturday, killing all 16 people aboard, in one of the deadliest such accidents on record. It apparently struck power lines.

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An engine failure on a Las Vegas-to-London British Airways jet Tuesday resulted in a fire that forced the evacuation of the plane and resulted in 14 minor injuries.

Four people were killed when a small plane crashed in the Adirondack Mountains, New York state police said.

An F-16 fighter jet has smashed into a small plane over the US state of South Carolina, killing two and scattering plane parts and debris over a wide area.

An F-16 fighter jet and a small plane have collided in midair over South Carolina, raining down plane parts and debris.

Hollywood director Ron Howard has led tributes to Oscar-winning Titanic composer James Horner, who has died at the age of 61.

Five years ag,o Federal Aviation Administration officials questioned the mental fitness of the Germanwings pilot who crashed an airliner in the French Alps last month. 

Amazon’s plans to deliver parcels to customers’ doorsteps using drone technology have been dealt a severe blow.

A seven-year-old girl who survived a plane crash that killed her parents and two other family members has been released from the hospital, an official has said.

A seven-year-old girl has walked away from a plane crash in Kentucky that killed four people.

US president Barack Obama has appealed for calm as enraged protesters set fire to buildings and cars and looted businesses after a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer over the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

A pilot has died after his small twin-engine cargo plane crashed into a bungalow in Chicago.

The space tourism company that suffered a tragic setback when its experimental rocket-powered spaceship broke apart over the California desert could resume test flights as early as next summer if it can finish building a replacement craft, its CEO says.

The space tourism company that suffered a tragic setback when its experimental rocket-powered spaceship broke apart over the California desert could resume test flights as early as next summer if it can finish building a replacement craft.

At least four people are dead after a small plane crashed into a building at a Kansas airport, officials said.

Hundreds of flights to and from Chicago’s O’Hare, one of the world’s busiest airports, continue to be disrupted following an attempted suicide by an employee who set fire to an air traffic facility.

Two Irishmen are in a critical but stable condition in hospital after the single engine plane they were flying in narrowly missed an apartment building and crashed into a public park in Florida.

Google’s secretive research laboratory is trying to build a fleet of drones designed to by-pass earthbound traffic to deliver packages to people more quickly.

Airline passengers have come to expect a tiny escape from the confined space of today’s packed planes: the ability to recline their seat a few inches.

A Ryanair jet suffered "significant damage" while parked at a Portuguese airport but it wasn’t detected until the crew experienced control problems during a later flight.

John Kerry flew into Israel’s main airport today despite a US ban in a sign of his determination to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip – despite little evidence of progress in negotiations.

The Federal Aviation Administration is telling US airlines they are prohibited from flying to the Tel Aviv airport in Israel after a Hamas rocket exploded nearby.