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Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, meets Capt. Smit Machchhar, an Indian national and Flydubai pilot who is under treatment after he was stabbed by his co-pilot, in the United Arab Emirates, in this handout released Oct. 3.
WORLD
Oct 19, 2026
Captain of Flydubai plane describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attacked
The captain of the Flydubai flight said the scariest thing he felt after his co-pilot began attacking him was the aircraft nose “steeply going down.”
Japan Airlines President Mitsuko Tottori offers flowers during a memorial ceremony near the 1985 JAL jumbo-jet crash site in Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 6, 2026
Japan marks 20 years of tackling human error in public transportation
The transport safety management system requires transport operators to build and continuously improve their own safety management arrangements.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial Monday ahead of the third anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack against Israel.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 6, 2026
Flydubai hijacking turns into flash point in Israeli election
One of the election’s most potent themes is accountability for security failures.
El Al aircraft sit on the tarmac at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport on Oct. 2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a security review of international flights to Israel in the wake of a midair attack on board a plane from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2026
Netanyahu orders security review of flights to Israel after Flydubai attack
Israeli media outlets have reported that pilots from countries hostile to Israel have repeatedly flown into the country in recent years.
The fact an Omani pilot had been on board a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai aircraft has already raised concerns about a security loophole because Israel and Oman don't have formal diplomatic ties.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2026
Flydubai co-pilot lost earlier job for dabbling in extremism
The revelation about the co-pilot’s dismissal from Oman Air will likely raise questions about how he was able to get a job at Flydubai.
A plane, carrying passengers who were on the Flydubai aircraft bound for Israel from the United Arab Emirates, which was diverted to Saudi Arabia following an emergency signal, arrives at the Ben Gurion International Airport, in Lod, Israel, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 4, 2026
UAE investigators say Flydubai co-pilot was planning ‘terrorist act’
The captain was assaulted by the co-pilot but managed to open the cockpit door, allowing others onboard to overpower the attacker.
Indian pilot Smit Machchhar has been credited with averting disaster after his co-pilot allegedly attacked him during a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 1, 2026
Indian pilot hailed as ‘hero’ after cockpit struggle
Smit Machchhar fought to retain control of a flight headed for Tel Aviv when his co-pilot allegedly attacked him.
A flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft prepares for landing at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 1, 2026
Passengers foil bid to crash Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, Israel says, after co-pilot stabs pilot
After passengers and crew overpowered the co-pilot, a second pair of pilots aboard the flight landed the jet safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
All Nippon Airways aircraft taxi at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. An ANA plane made an emergency landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2026
ANA plane makes emergency landing at Naha Airport
Three passengers suffered minor injuries, the airline said, after the plane experienced a possible engine malfunction.
Officials investigate a Prime Air cargo plane at Miami International Airport after it overran the runway at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 7, 2026
At least 5 killed in Amazon Prime Air cargo plane crash in Miami
Prime Air Flight 7598 — a 32-year-old Boeing 767-300 freighter — overran Miami International Airport’s diagonal runway and struck multiple vehicles on the ground.
An IndiGo Airbus A321neo is displayed during the Wings India 2026 civil aviation event at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad, India, on Jan. 29.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2026
India’s aviation boom faces turbulence amid safety concerns
A series of crises at India’s two main carriers, Air India and IndiGo, has exposed safety and regulatory shortcomings in the world’s third-largest domestic aviation market.
People watch airplanes next to the air traffic control tower at Sydney Airport in January 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2026
Air safety concerns mount in Australia amid surge in close calls
Short-staffed control towers have long been a problem globally, but nowhere is the urgency of the matter more on display recently than in Australia.
Fumiko Yamamoto teaches students about “seitai,” or the arrangement of a deceased person's body, during a class on Feb. 13 in Saitama Prefecture. The name tag for one of the participants is pixelated for privacy reasons.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2026
Former nurse passes on lessons from experience in aftermath of JAL crash
Based on her experience in the aftermath of the 1985 JAL crash, a former nurse is spreading her knowledge of seitai, or the arrangement of a deceased person’s body.
Okinawa International University President Hajime Asato reads a statement at a rally in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2026
University head calls for shutdown of Futenma 22 years after U.S. chopper crash
The large transport helicopter, which belonged to the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air station, crashed into the premises of the Okinawa International University in 2004.
People fly balloons in front of a memorial cenotaph in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Wednesday to mourn the 520 victims of the 1985 crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2026
JAL plane crash victims mourned 41 years after accident
Flight 123 — a Boeing 747 bound for Osaka from Tokyo — crashed into a mountain on Aug. 12, 1985, killing 520 people.
Yoko Iha talks about her experience of a U.S. military jet hitting her school as a child, during an interview in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in June.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Jul 13, 2026
Lasting trauma: A U.S. military jet’s crash into Okinawa school
Yoko Iha, then a sixth grader whose psychological trauma from the event persisted for decades, has shared her experience for the first time.
The cargo complex entrance at Jinnah International Airport, following reports of a missing cargo plane, in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 8, 2026
Pakistani rescuers scour waters for cargo plane missing off Karachi coast
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed authorities to speed up search and ?rescue operations for the 27-year-old converted freighter.
The damaged exterior of CITIC Tower in Beijing on Friday
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2026
Plane appears to crash into Beijing’s tallest building
Video footage taken by witnesses showed what appeared to be part of a small plane on the ground beside the building.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has ordered inspections of 16 Airbus A380 aircraft, including five on an urgent basis, after cracks were discovered in the wing structure of a plane, the aircraft manufacturer Airbus has confirmed.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2026
Airbus to inspect 16 A380s after cracks found on plane wings
Cracks found during maintenance checks appeared in the plane’s structural beam that runs along the wing and carries much of the aerodynamic load during flight.
Smoke rises from Edwards Air Force Base after the crash of a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber in Edwards, California, on Monday.
WORLD
Jun 16, 2026
Eight die in B-52 bomber crash during test mission in California
The aircraft had been on a “routine test mission” when the crash occurred, according to a statement from Edwards Air Force Base, which added that an investigation was underway.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
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Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
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Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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