Airline Virgin America told US government regulators it is prepared to overhaul its ownership, jettison its chief executive and possibly even change its name to gain clearance to fly.

A British Airways jumbo jet returned to New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport early today when an engine fire broke out shortly after take-off.

A JetBlue airliner from Tampa, Florida, landed safely at New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport today after its pilot reported a problem with the wing flaps as the plane prepared to descend, an airline spokeswoman said. No injuries were reported.

THE co-pilot of American Airlines Flight 587 caused the November 2001 crash that claimed the lives of 265 people, staff at the US airline safety agency reported yesterday.

A passenger jet flying from New York to Morocco was ordered to return to the US after receiving a bomb threat, authorities said.

A man accused of providing fake identification to two of the September 11 hijackers was arrested at New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport today after returning from Egypt.

Neither the pilots’ conversations nor any background noises in the cockpit of the doomed American Airlines Flight 587 showed evidence that a terrorist attack or sabotage brought down the plane, the head of the US National Transportation Safety Board has said.

US officials concluded a month ago that there was an unsafe condition in the type of engine that powered the Airbus that crashed in New York yesterday, killing more than 260 people.

Federal security agents ordered the temporary evacuation of part of a terminal at New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport after checkpoint screeners failed to properly search travellers, officials said.