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SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded in space shortly after liftoff from Boca Chica, Texas. The 403-foot (123-meter) rocket system launched at around 6:30 p.m. ET, with the Super Heavy booster successfully returning to land. However, minutes after launch, the upper stage of Starship began spinning uncontrollably, and the rocket's engines shut down. SpaceX lost contact with the spacecraft, and the mission ended in failure. Videos from the Bahamas and south Florida showed fiery debris streaking across the sky. This marked SpaceX's second consecutive failure for the Starship program in 2025, following a similar explosion in January. The Federal Aviation Administration issued ground stops at airports in Florida due to space debris. The failure undermines Elon Musk’s ambitious plans to develop Starship for satellite deployment, as well as for human missions to the Moon and Mars, marking a setback for SpaceX’s rapid development goals.
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In the aftermath of the crash between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, the FAA has imposed significant restrictions on helicopter flights around Reagan National until at least late February, and two of the airport's lesser-used runways remain closed.
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The risk of space debris falling back to Earth is increasing, prompting debates on airspace closure during reentry events to ensure safety and prevent potential disasters.
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The FAA also added that it will "thoroughly review the data" from the inspections before deciding if the planes can resume flights.
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NASA wants to use Starship to land astronauts back on the moon in another few years.
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The FAA confirmed that it has issued the company a special airworthiness certificate, allowing for limited purposes that include exhibition, research and developmen
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Last week, the FAA said it had found contract personnel "unintentionally deleted files" disrupting the Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) messaging system that led to a Jan. 11 groundstop disrupting more than 11,000 flights.
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The FAA said its preliminary analysis "determined that a data file was damaged by personnel who failed to follow procedures. The system is functioning properly." The FAA did not answer more questions about the specifics of the problem.
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Computers have made our lives safer and easier, but also more vulnerable to sudden disruptions
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The 90-minute halt, which was caused by a problem with an alerting system that sends safety messages for pilots and others, occurred less than two weeks after a different critical air-traffic control system caused flight delays at major airports in Florida.
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More than 8,200 flights have been delayed so far and over 1,200 canceled according to FlightAware in the first national grounding of flights in about two decades, industry officials said. Many officials compared the grounding to what occurred after the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
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According to FlightAware, a flight tracking company, more than 9,500 flights within, into or out of the US were delayed and more than 1,300 were cancelled due to the system failure.
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Over 4,000 flights were delayed and more than 600 canceled because of the outage as of early Wednesday morning. U.S. flights were slowly beginning to resume departures as a ground stop was lifted.
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US flights grounded: The FAA said it was working towards restoring its Notice to Air Missions System (NOTAM).
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The services will be effective from Thursday midnight, the airliner said in a social media post.
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The national carrier has started operating flights to the US again after the FAA gave its consent to operate certain aircraft which comprised most Airbus SE and Boeing Co models, including Boeing's 777
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The activation by AT&T and Verizon comes after a six-week delay, and the network still won't be available near airports
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"Dear Sir/Ma'am, Due to deployment of the 5G communications in USA, (AI106 EWR-DEL) will not be able to operate on 20th Jan'22. Next update will be informed shortly," Air India said in a tweet.
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Airlines are concerned about potentially catastrophic consequences of the launch of C-Band 5G services around key airports in the US, but what exactly is the challenge posed by the deployment?
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The US aviation regulator had on January 14 said that 5G interference with the aircraft's radio altimeter could prevent engine and braking systems from transitioning to landing mode.
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Sources had told Reuters the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had signed off on two service bulletins Boeing sent to air carriers on Wednesday on the fixes.
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The penalties include $5.4 million for not complying with the agreement in which Boeing pledged to change its internal processes to improve and prioritize regulatory compliance and $1.21 million to settle two pending FAA enforcement cases
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Metal fatigue has emerged as the chief suspect in the spectacular engine failure on a United Airlines plane.
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United Airlines said on February 21 that it is temporarily removing the aircraft from service, a day after one of its planes made an emergency landing at Denver International Airport because its right engine blew apart just after takeoff.
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Three sources briefed on the matter told Reuters the FAA is set to approve the plane's ungrounding as early as November 18.
