Authorities on Sunday suspended the search off the Massachusetts coast for six people on an air ambulance that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston. The U.S. Coast Guard said authorities searched more than 4,400 miles (7,081 kilometers) over a span of 66 hours for the four Canadians and two people from Bermuda who
The Norellraptor barsboldi fossil shows traces of feathers on its fore and hind limbs as well as at the end of its tail. Credit: Xuri Wang et al./Nat. Commun. The discovery of a species of feathered dinosaur in China, through a stunningly well-preserved fossil, adds to a growing body of evidence that birds and their
The co-pilot accused of attacking the captain of an Israel-bound flight with an axe and trying to seize the controls was an Omani national who had been barred from flying on his country’s airline because of concerns about extremist views, officials said Saturday. The co-pilot has been identified as Hamam al-Hammami, according to three people with knowledge
NASA is seeking leaders for one of the most esteemed positions on Earth for human spaceflight: flight director in mission control at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. This role is critical to advancing American leadership in space exploration, as NASA paves the way for a sustained human presence on the Moon. Applications for
The Flydubai captain who was stabbed by his copilot has described how he fought to save the airplane with nearly 180 passengers. “Even with my eyes closed, I know exactly what is happening in the cockpit. When I was lying on the floor, I could sense the aircraft was going down,” Smit Machchhar told Indian
Last year, Machchhar spoke about how he started flying and his experiences as a pilot on a podcast called Bona-Fide Banter. Aviation, he said, was “never a childhood dream”. When he was around 19, he joined a management course, planning to work for his family’s business. But then he came across an aviation seminar and
