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Airlines, meanwhile, warned that margins and profits will halve this year, with the sector especially vulnerable because aircraft makers are behind on deliveries, meaning firms are relying on older, more fuel-hungry planes.
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Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
Still, if the company can solve its funding and technology challenges, Alice, or an aircraft inspired by it, could become one of the first fully electric commuter planes to enter commercial service.
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Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
In practical terms, according to a person familiar with the discussions surrounding the new requirement, ships may need to use armed security teams on board or equipment designed to prevent hijackings, kidnappings or robberies.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
But Shahed drones have mainly struck stationary targets such as Amazon data centers and energy facilities, sometimes hitting slow-moving commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
De la Espriella has promised to cancel the talks and take a more confrontational approach to rebel groups that includes using airplanes to spray coca fields with herbicides.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
Findings reveal that roughly one in eight airplanes failed water safety standards, including tests for coliform bacteria, a red flag for contamination.
Federal authorities said the unsafe or improper use of drones, also known as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), can pose risks to aircraft, law enforcement operations and people on the ground.
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Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
The aircraft collided in midair during the Gunfighter Skies air show on May 17.
Although its rigid design hearkens back to the gargantuan airships of the early 20th century, Pathfinder 1 is almost completely different from any large airship that has flown before.
And days earlier, three US F-15 fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, with all crew members ejecting safely.
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Todd Symons,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
The drones have crashed into the chimney of a power plant in Estonia, hit empty fuel tanks in Latvia and been shot down by Romanian fighter jets stationed in Lithuania.