VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern ...

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the cabin would have to be pumped with air until its interior pressure exceeded the pressure outside the fuselage by about five pounds per square inch. As the plane descended to land, cabin ...

Initial radio dispatch described the aircraft as a general aviation Piper PA-22 or Cessna-type plane. Emergency crews responded to 3311 Airport Road, where they found the aircraft overturned with fuel ...

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

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Passengers love Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, AKA the world’s biggest commercial jets, but they’re slowly being phased out.

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From his youth, Jack Northrop imagined efficient all-wing aircraft so advanced that technology and power plants needed to ...