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A black woman who was ejected from a Southwest Airlines flight in November last year filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday saying that she was targeted based on her race. Dr. Briana Hicks was seated in the exit row of a Southwest flight from Chicago's Midway International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. A flight attendant took exception to her reportedly being on her phone while he conducted an emergency procedure briefing, and she was ultimately removed from the flight.

The body of a Turkish Airlines passenger who passed away during a flight from Istanbul to San Francisco has disappeared from Chicago O'Hare after the flight was diverted. The passenger died after suffering an in-flight medical emergency and their remains are now unaccounted for.

Artificial Intelligence is becoming more common across the aviation industry, with airports and airlines using it to improve operations on the ground. It’s already being tested in areas like aircraft maintenance, passenger flow, and baggage handling. German flag carrier Lufthansa is now applying the technology to speed up aircraft turnaround times.

Thanks to auroras and other space weather, humans have adapted techniques to overcome these issues.

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom has criticized the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to set airfare prices after Delta Air Lines recently announced it would be testing the technology on its systems. During a recent earnings call, Isom said that AI pricing could impact customer trust and raise serious data privacy concerns.

The Spanish government may have a way to save the Thirty Meter Telescope.

"With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect, and the scientific research we would conduct."

Delta Air Lines will soon add its code on Virgin Atlantic flights from London to South Africa, providing more travel options for passengers flying to South Africa. The codeshare also deepens the strong ties between Delta and Virgin, which have partnered on multiple levels.

Scientists made an antimatter qubit made from an antiproton that is in a state of quantum superposition. This breakthrough will allow the strength of the particle's magnetic moment to be measured with unprecedented precision.

The impacts ripple into human systems — reducing fishery yields, straining aquaculture and affecting industries that rely on stable ocean conditions.

A former American Airlines flight attendant has been sentenced to 18 and a half years in prison for secretly filming underage girls in aircraft lavatories. Estes Carter Thompson III was arrested last year after a 14-year-old girl discovered his hidden phone taped under the toilet lid on a Boston-bound flight from Charlotte.

Protected regions of the ocean are doing their job and keeping illegal fishing at bay, according to new research combining satellite imagery with artificial intelligence.

NASA has unveiled a dazzling new collection of cosmic images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, capturing spectacular stars and galaxies in unprecedented detail.

A viral claim says the world will go dark on Aug. 2. It won't — but a record-breaking solar eclipse is coming in 2027.

A super-Earth exoplanet has been detected within the habitable zone of a nearby red dwarf star, where liquid water might exist on its surface under the right atmospheric conditions.

Celebrating the launch of multiple international destinations throughout the year, Etihad Airways is currently operating "The Extraordinary Challenge". The challenge aims to gamify the airline's loyalty program, offering one lucky member a prize of five million miles.

Spanish low-cost airline Vueling has denied allegations of antisemitic behavior following an incident in which more than 50 Jewish teenagers, including their adult group leaders, were asked to disembark from a flight. The incident took place on July 23, 2025, prior to the departure of a flight from Valencia to Paris.

The Dutch government is preparing to impose a cap on annual flight movements at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport starting this November. The United States has indirectly threatened to retaliate if the American carriers are impacted by the plan to reduce flight operations at the country’s busiest airport.

The theorists predict that the beginning of the end will be in about 10 billion years — less than the present age of the universe.

Saturn will be quite distinct in the Pisces constellation.