WATCH | "We cannot overstate just how reckless it... is to distract a pilot and crew with a laser. It not only endangers those in an aircraft but potentially people on the ground too." At midnight last night, the NPAS North West Region helicopter, en route to an incident, reported that their aircraft was being targeted by a green laser from an address in West Derby. ​ Later on, air traffic control at Liverpool John Lennon Airport reported that flights into #Liverpool had also been targeted. The NPAS helicopter returned to the area and identified an address on Haydn Road. ​ Officers attended and two males were detained and arrested on suspicion of shine/direct a laser beam into an aircraft. They are 16 and 13 years old, from West Derby, and have been taken into custody. More here ➡️show more

A pilot shared a video with us of him... being blinded by a laser while flying over Edmonton last night. Pointing a laser at an aircraft in Canada is a criminal offence. Under the Aeronautics Act, people convicted of pointing a laser at an aircraft could face up to $100,000 in fines and/or five years in prison.show more

🚨#BREAKING: A Male suspect has been charged with pointing... a laser beam at Marine One while President Trump was on board on Saturday. Authorities say Jacob Samuel Winkler aimed a red laser at the helicopter as it departed the White House in Washington, D.C. He is now facing charges of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Winkler later waived his Miranda rights and claimed he did not know it was illegal to target Marine One with the laser.show more

At 5pm police were called to an incident at... an address in Harehills, Leeds. A baby is reported to have been injured. Officers attended after agency workers. Agency workers and children had to be taken into protection. There then followed rioting and disorder from the new Leeds.show more

Two sources confirm to CBS News that one air... traffic control worker was managing the helicopters and planes, a job normally done by two people when an American Airlines plane collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night.show more

WATCH: The pilot and co-pilot of a G200 executive... jet were killed following an accident at La Romana International Airport. The aircraft, which had departed for Austin, Texas, reported technical problems and declared an emergency approximately 16 nautical miles southwest of La Romana. The aircraft attempted to return to the airport but crashed before completing the emergency landing. No passengers were on board. The Aviation Accident Investigation Commission is currently investigating the incident to determine the exact cause of the crash.show more

Crazy footage shows the moment Pilot Eladio Marquez crashed... his Cessna 335 into a warehouse that was hosting an event for autistic children. Marquez and his passenger lost their lives in the crash as their plane burst into a fiery blaze, forcing children and their mentors to flee the warehouse. The incident occurred in 2018, with the aircraft bound for an airpark in the north Florida town of Hilliard. However, just seconds after takeoff, they reported a fire in the left engine. Despite their attempt to return safely to the grass strip, they were unable to do so. The pilot is reported as telling air traffic control: 'We're losing power in our left engine, we turning right back.'show more

Video shows a U.S. fighter jet crashing in Kuwait... as a pilot is seen parachuting down on Monday. The American F-15 fighter jet and two others were shot down over Kuwait in what the U.S. Central Command called "an apparently friendly fire incident" during an Iranian attack on the Gulf country. The aircraft were "mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses," CENTCOM said in a statement Monday, adding that "all six aircrew ejected safely, have been safely recovered, and are in stable condition." The F-15s came down amid attacks on Kuwait from Iranian aircraft, missiles and drones, according to CENTCOM, which the U.S. and its regional allies have been trying to intercept. People watching in Kuwait as the U.S. pilot parachuted from the crippled jet initially thought it was an Iranian pilot.show more

Breaking news A helicopter that went missing in South... Africa's Kruger National Park on Monday, April 6, 2026, has been safely located this morning with all four occupants, a pilot, two SAPS investigators, and an environmental crimes investigator found alive, unharmed, and in good condition. The group had been probing a reported animal carcass when the aircraft made an emergency landing in a remote area; they spent the night disoriented in thick bush before a SANPARKS search helicopter spotted them waving for help.show more

✈️ A private business jet crashed and burst into... flames during an emergency landing in the Dominican Republic The Gulfstream G200 was operating a charter flight to Texas when, shortly after takeoff, the crew reported a critical engine malfunction and requested an immediate return to the airport. The aircraft crashed and caught fire while attempting the emergency landing. Only the two pilots were on board. Neither survived.show more

A HondaJet HA-420 overruns the runway while landing at... Yao Airport, near Osaka. According to the Osaka Aviation Bureau around 5:30 p.m. on the 26th, a small aircraft at Yao Airport in Yao City, Osaka, overran during landing and broke through a perimeter fence. There were four people on board the aircraft and all were able to walk away without any injuries. According to the management group of hospitals and clinics that own the aircraft, it took off from Narita Airport with the pilot, a doctor, and two others on board.show more

😳 A Russian pilot who saved 167 people is... being ordered to pay for damage to the aircraft In September 2023, Airbus A320 captain Sergey Belov made an emergency landing in a field after a hydraulic system failure. The aircraft failed to reach an alternate airport due to excessive fuel consumption, but all 167 passengers and crew members survived. At first, the pilots were hailed as heroes. Later, they were quietly fired, and Belov was made the main defendant and hit with a $1.3 million lawsuit. Belov’s defense argues that the damage assessment was carried out with serious violations and that the calculations are not supported by proper documentation.show more

🇮🇱Elbit Systems is developing an airborne high-power laser interception... system as the next generation of air defense following the Iron Beam. The system is planned to be installed on fighter aircraft or helicopters and will be able to intercept incoming missiles and drones outside Israel’s airspace. Compared with ground-based laser systems, it offers greater mobility and the ability to engage targets both above and below cloud cover. The core technology combines multiple fiber lasers into a single high-power laser source, while enabling stable airborne targeting and precise engagement. Its accuracy has been described as “hitting a coin from 10 kilometers away.” Israel aims to eventually establish a squadron of laser-equipped aircraft that could rapidly take off during large-scale attacks and use low-cost laser interceptions to neutralize large numbers of incoming threats. The capability is expected to gradually become operational within the next few years. source:show more

And it’s not even the heaviest Air craft ever... built, however, the difference in weight between it and the heaviest aircraft once existed is 8,000 kg. Humans have indeed accomplished some of the craziest things in life. Antonov An-225 Mriya used to be the world's largest and heaviest aircraft before it was destroyed by Russian forces in Ukrainian airport in February 2022, during this ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. Happened that when an invasion warning came, the Mriya could not fly. It was undergoing scheduled maintenance at Hostomel Airport (Kyiv) with one of its six engines dismantled. Other Ukrainian planes evacuated but Mriya was trapped on the ground, a sitting duck. It was housed in a massive hangar that was shelled by Russian artillery. A fire broke out, destroying the cockpit, nose, and avionics, effectively beheading the aircraft. Only one single Antonov An-225 Mriya was ever completed and flown. Here are Videos of Antonov An-225 Mriya while in service and after destruction.show more

American security for the countries of the region It... is reported that there is a technical malfunction in the MIM-104 "Patriot" air defense system [an American-made surface-to-air missile system] in Bahrain. As a result of this technical malfunction, a PAC-2/3 type "Patriot" anti-aircraft missile hit a residential building and caused damage in an area on Sitra Island [an industrial and residential area south of Manama] in the south of Manama.show more