Genetic sequences of H5N1 bird flu viruses collected from a person in Louisiana who became severely ill show signs of development of several mutations thought to affect the virus’ ability to ...

China has strengthened its maritime power as the country’s second active aircraft carrier achieved “all-weather” combat capacity last year. Named Shandong, the carrier recently completed its ...

Aljazeera, citing the Israeli public broadcaster, reports that Israel destroyed an anti-aircraft missile system in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. The broadcaster, citing an informed source ...

One of the most important financial decisions a low-cost airline must make is deciding what aircraft to operate, as this will be one of the largest capital expenses any carrier will make. An airline ...

The Boeing 737-800, which was the model that crashed at the airport in Muan on Sunday, is the precursor to the US aircraft manufacturer ... both engines caused by bird strikes would not normally ...

"A bird strike on an engine might shut an engine ... Eyewitnesses to the crash that killed 179 people said they observed flames in the aircraft's engine and heard explosions, reports say.

The pilot of a plane which crashed in South Korea reported a bird strike and declared mayday ... seats ripped apart and broken bits of aircraft equipment everywhere. Only the tail of the plane ...

Authorities in South Korea are investigating what caused the crash of the Jeju Air jet that killed nearly all of the 181 passengers on board. Many of them were returning from Christmas holidays.

From a Chinese perspective, the only important challenge to that dominance comes from U.S.-led air forces: the USAF and the Navy’s aircraft carriers, with allied support from Japan, Korea, Australia ...

The aircraft, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, struck a large flock of starlings immediately after takeoff. Three of the plane’s engines swallowed birds, causing a loss of control of the plane.

with experts casting doubt on Moscow's suggestion that a bird strike was to blame. Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer 190 aircraft, was flying from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the ...