Plane with over 130 aboard catches fire on landing at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport (VIDEO)

A Boeing 737-400 passenger plane’s landing gear caught fire just after the landing at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, prompting five firefighting vehicles to rush at the scene while the staff evacuated the passengers.

May 18, 2013 18:48

Terror suspects eluded no-fly list, allowed on US commercial flights

An undetermined number of the US terror suspects who opted to cooperate with the government have dropped off the federal no-fly list after joining the witness protection program, taking new names, insists a US Justice Department report.

May 17, 2013 03:25

US Navy launched its first drone from aircraft carrier

The US Navy has successfully catapulted a prototype drone from an aircraft carrier on Tuesday, which is the first step in a program designed to begin fielding drones on all Navy carriers between 2017 and 2020.

May 14, 2013 16:59

Passenger drone: Unmanned plane takes maiden flight over UK skies

Large civilian planes remotely operated by a controller on the ground could become a reality within just a few years, after British aerospace giant BAE conducted a successful overland UK flight of an unmanned prototype for the first time.

May 13, 2013 13:02

Cross-dressing at 30,000 feet: British billionaire dons skirt, lipstick to honor bet (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

British billionaire Richard Branson cross-dressed to work as a flight attendant for a rival airline after losing a bet to Malaysian airline tycoon Tony Fernandes. Branson served drinks and meals and made flight announcements during the six-hour trip.

May 12, 2013 14:26

Belarus-Russia joint air defense base no threat to NATO - Lavrov

The proposed Russian air defense base in Belarus is not directed against NATO and should not be seen as a response to the proposed to American missile defense plan in Europe, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said.

May 10, 2013 21:23