An Amazon Prime Air cargo plane overshot the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday before striking multiple vehicles and erupting into a blaze, officials said. Videos from the scene showed a fire and thick black smoke rising from the plane. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said that firefighters were “working on extinguishing the fire and assessing
An Amazon cargo plane barreled off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, striking multiple vehicles and bursting into flames in a crash that sent thick black smoke billowing into the sky and forced the closure of all runways at one of the nation’s busiest airports. The Federal Aviation Administration said the aircraft overran
A volcanic eruption has halted hundreds of flights at Indonesia’s main international airport, stranding tens of thousands of passengers. Authorities said 209 flights were suspended after ash from Mount Anak Krakatoa was detected in airspace near Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Sunday morning. The volcano had started erupting late on Friday night, generating continuous seismic
Germany has said Russia was responsible for last month’s drone attack at Leipzig’s airport. A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany, close to Ukrainian cargo planes, on 4 August. It failed to explode as the detonator was apparently faulty, and investigators suspect a second drone collided with a
Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Kenya’s main airport in the capital, Nairobi, as flight disruptions continued for the second day amid a workers’ strike. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) is a key regional transport hub. On Sunday, the airports authority and the national carrier, Kenya Airways, warned departing flights may be delayed. A new
The BBC has asked the Dolly Parton Foundation for comment. The name would need support from the Metro Nashville Airport Authority board, which is holding a meeting on the issue on 17 September, the governor’s office said. The final decision would require approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. A lawmaker also pledged in recent days
