‘Catastrophic’ event occurred on Brazil-to-Paris flight carrying 228.Missing French jet hit storms over Atlantic (KTTC Rochester)

(PhysOrg.com) — From Leonardo da Vinci to the Greek tragedy of Icarus, birds have emboldened scientific minds to master flight. Now, Stanford researchers can be added to the list of ornithologically inspired innovators.Airliners could save fuel by taking a hint from birds flying in formation (PhysOrg)

A person from Belfast is among three Irish citizens believed to have been on board the Air France airliner which has disappeared near Brazil, the Irish government has said.Belfast person was on board lost Air France airliner (Belfast Telegraph)

An Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris ran into a towering wall of thunderstorms and disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. French President Nicolas Sarkozy told families of those aboard Monday that “prospects of finding survivors are very small.”France, Brazil Scour Ocean For Missing French Jet (CBS 3 Philadelphia)

New Delhi An inquiry has been ordered by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in a near-miss incident involving two passenger aircraft at the Mumbai airport.Air mishap averted at Mumbai airport

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MUMBAI: An aviation disaster was averted at Mumbai airport Sunday when two aircraft got clearance to take off simultaneously from two runways but the pilots stopped the planes in the nick of time, an airport official said.Air India, Jet flights escape disaster at Mumbai

Passengers arriving and departing from Mumbai airport now would not have to spend extra-time either on ground or in the air as the secondary runway gets operational from tomorrow round-the-clock. The cross-runway , is in operation for the last more than two years but it was being used only for a limited period–four hours in the morning and five in …24*7 runway

Police officers unload the body of a victim in Porto Seguro, state of Bahia, Brazil, Saturday, May 23, 2009, after being recovered from the site where a twin-engine plane crash Friday.Brazil prosecutors file new indictment against NY pilots in 2006 jet crash

Washington, D.C. – A federal government report released today confirms that the nation’s Air Traffic control system is vulnerable to cyber attacks and will continue to be as the system is modernized, unless steps are taken to address significant security gaps.Report Warns Air Traffic Control System Vulnerable to Cyber Terrorism