Oldest Plane

Irish airline Ryanair indicated Wednesday that three of its Boeing 737NG planes were taken out of service due to cracks, a problem that has grounded dozens of the jets globally. "Ryanair has already inspected over 70 of its oldest aircraft in full compliance with the Airworthiness Directive (of the US Federal Aviation Authority), and our rate of fi...

Jet, country's oldest private carrier now controlled by its lenders, has had to ground more than three-quarters of its fleet of 119 planes, many due to non-payment to lessors, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations.

A March 1940-make Dacota C-43, the oldest aircraft in the world which is attempting a circumnavigation of the globe, touched down in Maharashtra's Nagpur today. Also known as the DC-3 (Douglas DC-3), these planes had played a key role in India's wars with Pakistan in 1947 and 1965.

A MiG-27 aircraft of Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed into a building in Rajasthan's Jodhpur today. Both pilots ejected safely.

A plane operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings has crashed in the Southern French Alps with 150 people on board.

At daybreak on Tuesday, the oldest of NASA's retired shuttle fleet will leave its home at Kennedy Space Center for the final time, riding on top of a modified jumbo jet. Its destination: the Smithsonian Institution's hangar outside Washington, D.C. The plane and jet will make a farewell flight over Cape Canaveral before heading north. The pair al...

Irish airline Ryanair indicated Wednesday that three of its Boeing 737NG planes were taken out of service due to cracks, a problem that has grounded dozens of the jets globally. "Ryanair has already inspected over 70 of its oldest aircraft in full compliance with the Airworthiness Directive (of the US Federal Aviation Authority), and our rate of fi...

Jet, country's oldest private carrier now controlled by its lenders, has had to ground more than three-quarters of its fleet of 119 planes, many due to non-payment to lessors, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations.

A March 1940-make Dacota C-43, the oldest aircraft in the world which is attempting a circumnavigation of the globe, touched down in Maharashtra's Nagpur today. Also known as the DC-3 (Douglas DC-3), these planes had played a key role in India's wars with Pakistan in 1947 and 1965.

A MiG-27 aircraft of Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed into a building in Rajasthan's Jodhpur today. Both pilots ejected safely.

A plane operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings has crashed in the Southern French Alps with 150 people on board.

At daybreak on Tuesday, the oldest of NASA's retired shuttle fleet will leave its home at Kennedy Space Center for the final time, riding on top of a modified jumbo jet. Its destination: the Smithsonian Institution's hangar outside Washington, D.C. The plane and jet will make a farewell flight over Cape Canaveral before heading north. The pair al...