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A Cathay Pacific aircraft takes off at Hong Kong International Airport on the day of the official launch of its third runway, in Hong Kong, China November 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

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What are the airlines that have updated their lithium battery policies?

In 2024, three incidents every two weeks of overheating lithium batteries on planes were recorded globally by the US Federal Aviation Administration, compared to just under one a week in 2018

An American Airlines Airbus A321-200 plane takes off from Los Angeles International airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, US March 28, 2018/ Reuters

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15 most shocking airplane bomb incidents in recent times

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson holds a model of an aircraft. Photo: Courtesy

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NASA issues award for greener, more fuel-efficient airliner of future

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What happens to old airplanes when they retire?

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Two pilots flying at 37,000 feet fall asleep, miss runway to land

File photo of an airplane being sprayed with disinfectant. Picture: REUTERS/David W Cerny

Coronavirus chronicle

Airplane Covid-19 risk 'very low' with masks, other actions, report finds

Aviation

Covid-19: Italy suspends flights from Bangladesh for one week

A man stands on the debris of a house at the site of a passenger plane crash in a residential area near an airport in Karachi, Pakistan on May 22, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Akhtar Soomro

South Asia

97 killed in Pakistan plane crash

A viral video shows an airplane stuck under a bridge in China.

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