A door panel fell off a passenger plane and damaged a wing as the aircraft took off from Southampton Airport, a report finds.

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Door fell off plane at take-off

Faced with widespread resistance to what some passengers see as personally intrusive air travel security measures, US officials are looking for ways to ease the demands on those who fly on commercial airliners. That starts with those flying the aircraft. Beginning in 2011, airline pilots will no longer have to go through scanners or be subject to full-body pat-downs, just as ticketed passengers now do. Instead, they’ll simply need to have their airline-issued ID checked by computer. read more

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Pilots To Be Exempt From Airport Scanners, Intrusive Pat-Downs

The Prime Minister has said he believes the device found on board a cargo plane at East Midlands airport was designed to go off on the aircraft.

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Bomb ‘meant to explode on plane’

An RAF Tornado test pilot tells an inquest that he heard an explosion before discovering his navigator had fallen out of the aircraft.

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‘Explosion’ before Tornado death

The flagship of the Royal Navy, the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, is to be scrapped earlier than planned as part of the government’s defence review, the BBC has learned.

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HMS Ark Royal scrapped in review

Ghana’s government is accused of double standards for inaugurating a new presidential jet – after blocking the aircraft order while in opposition.

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Ghana leader’s jet ‘U-turn’ anger

The price of cancelling one of the aircraft carriers now under construction will cost more than building both, the BBC learns.

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Calculating the cost of carriers

An American flight attendant has been released on bail after after deploying an emergency chute to leave his aircraft following a row with a passenger.

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‘Reckless’ air steward bailed