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Japanese F-15 Emergency Landing Shuts Down Okinawa Runway — Second Naha Air Base Mishap in a Month
A JASDF F-15 made a hydraulic-failure emergency landing at Naha Airport, closing a runway for about an hour — the base's second mishap in weeks.
Air Canada Jazz E175 Declares PAN-PAN After Suspected Bird Strike on Toronto Departure
Drone Intrusion Shuts Down Taiwan Air Base, Diverts 8 Fighter Jets Mid-Training
Southwest 737 MAX Diverts to BWI After Bird Strike on DCA Departure
Chinese Yaogan-50 (02) Reconnaissance Satellite Breaks Up in Orbit, 43+ Fragments Tracked
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Drone Hovers 25 Feet Above Control Tower, Shuts Down San Diego International Airport for 2.5 Hours
A drone hovering 20-25 feet above San Diego airport's control tower triggered a 2.5-hour ground...
Aviation
Aer Lingus Pilot Reports Large Drone Off Dublin Bay, Garda and Defence Forces Investigate
An Aer Lingus pilot reported a large drone off Ireland's east coast near Dublin Airport...
Aviation
Ryanair 737 MAX Suffers Bird Strike on Norwich Departure, Diverts to East Midlands With Engine Damage
A Ryanair 737 MAX 8 suffered a bird strike after departing Norwich Airport, forcing a...
Space & LEO
Zero Robotic Servicers Have Ever Captured an Uncontrolled Satellite — Pentagon Is Betting Millions Anyway
No robotic servicer has captured an uncontrolled satellite. The Pentagon is funding deorbit contracts anyway,...
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Air Canada Jazz E175 Declares PAN-PAN After Suspected Bird Strike on Toronto Departure
Air Canada Jazz flight AC8735 returned to Toronto Pearson Sept. 4 after a suspected bird strike caused engine vibration on...
Southwest 737 MAX Diverts to BWI After Bird Strike on DCA Departure
Southwest Flight 1379 diverted to BWI after a bird strike on takeoff from Reagan National. No injuries reported; FAA is...
Qantas 737 Diverts to Christchurch After Suspected Bird Strike Sets Left Engine Ablaze
A suspected bird strike caused an engine surge and flames on a Qantas 737 after Queenstown takeoff, forcing a Christchurch...
NTSB: Melted Thermal Relief Plugs Caused American 737 MAX Tire Failure and Rejected Takeoff at Denver
NTSB's final report ties melted thermal relief plugs to AA Flight 3023's Denver tire failure after three runway changes and...
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Chinese Yaogan-50 (02) Reconnaissance Satellite Breaks Up in Orbit, 43+ Fragments Tracked
China's Yaogan-50 (02) satellite broke apart on Sept. 5, scattering 43+ tracked fragments into a...
Space & LEO
Zero Robotic Servicers Have Ever Captured an Uncontrolled Satellite — Pentagon Is Betting Millions Anyway
No robotic servicer has captured an uncontrolled satellite. The Pentagon is funding deorbit contracts anyway,...
Space & LEO
Munich Startup Project-S Emerges From Stealth With Orbital Debris-Detection Funding
Munich startup Project-S raised multi-million-euro seed funding to build radar and AI tools for sub-centimeter...
Space & LEO
ESA Taps NorthStar to Lead FALCON Consortium Forecasting Where Uncontrolled Space Debris Will Fall
ESA selected NorthStar to lead the FALCON consortium, aiming to close the ground-impact risk gap...
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Drone Intrusion Shuts Down Taiwan Air Base, Diverts 8 Fighter Jets Mid-Training
A drone intrusion closed Taiwan's Ching Chuan Kang Air Base for 25 minutes, diverting eight...
Military & Defense
Downed Drone Debris Keeps Landing on NATO Soil: Romanian and Bulgarian Beaches, Yards Litter With Wreckage
Drone wreckage is washing up on Romanian and Bulgarian beaches and falling on private land,...
Military & Defense
Two Indonesian Military Aircraft Skid Off Runway in Consecutive Days at Sultan Hasanuddin Air Base
An Indonesian Air Force Sukhoi and a Navy patrol plane both skidded off the runway...
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Verstappen’s Zandvoort Crash Scatters Debris, Triggers Red Flag at F1 Dutch GP
A high-speed Verstappen crash at Zandvoort scattered carbon-fibre debris and a torn-off wheel across the...
Motorsport
IndyCar’s Freedom 250 Halted Twice by Track Debris Before Pit-Lane Tire Incident Ends Championship Leader’s Day
Two debris cautions and a loose pit-box tire combined to derail IndyCar points leader Alex...
Motorsport
Hamilton Crash Scatters Debris, Red-Flags Belgian GP FP3 at Spa
Lewis Hamilton's late crash at Turn 13 in Belgian GP FP3 scattered aero debris across...
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Drone Hovers 25 Feet Above Control Tower, Shuts Down San Diego International Airport for 2.5 Hours
A drone hovering 20-25 feet above San Diego airport's control tower triggered a 2.5-hour ground...
Infrastructure
Sydney Airport’s Fourth Ground-Safety Incident in a Month — Two Qantas Jets Cleared Onto Same Taxiway
Two Qantas jets were cleared onto the same taxiway at Sydney Airport, the fourth ground-safety...
Infrastructure
Japan’s Transport Ministry Launches Structural Overhaul of Haneda’s Runway D Expansion Joints After Back-to-Back FOD Tire Blowouts
Japan's MLIT convened a second committee session July 28 to address Haneda Runway D expansion...