A small plane crashed shortly after taking off Monday night in Westmoreland, Oneida County. Three people suffered injuries and were transported to local hospitals.
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/04/plane_crashed_shortly_after_taking_off_in_westmoreland_sheriff_says.html
Shooting down drones is a federal crime says FAA. Anyone could face up to 20 years in prison.
http://www.engadget.com/2016/04/18/faa-says-shooting-down-drones-is-a-federal-crime/
Indian Railway uses drones to inspect progress of rail projects. The drone was firstly used for three days on a trial basis to cover the total 98 km. Now all ongoing projects will be monitored through aerial survey.
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/indian-railways-drones-to-inspect-progress-of-mega-rail-projects-irctc/
Crane crash: Air India plane smashes during airport maneuver. The A320 plane was being moved from Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad in southern India on Sunday morning when the incident occurred.
https://www.rt.com/viral/339127-plane-crash-crane-video/
Drone racing live is coming on TV this August. ESPN and the International Drone Racing Association (IDRA) have announced a partnership to broadcast this sport.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/14/11429358/drone-racing-espn-idra-nyc-deal?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Qatar’s state postal service is planning to deliver packages by drone. The new drone service should start in three months.
http://dohanews.co/new-qatar-shipping-service-to-deliver-packages-by-drone/
First manned flight of the 18 rotor volocopter. Congratulations to the volocopter team for successfully flying their manned multirotor with the pilot on board the aircraft.
http://www.maxim.com/maxim-man/volocopter-human-test-flight-2016-4
Airbus hopes to be selling passenger planes powered by hybrid engines by 2030. The plane could carry up to 100 passengers.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/07/news/companies/hybrid-electric-plane-airbus-siemens/
A jetpack nears to commercial liftoff, but the man who started it fears his vision of a personal jetpack will remain grounded.
http://phys.org/news/2016-04-jetpack-nears-liftoff-creator-grounded.html#nRlv
Planes collide in Indonesia. A Batik Air Boeing 737 carrying 56 people was preparing to takeoff when its wing struck a smaller Trans Nusa plane, which was being towed. All passengers were evacuated safely.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/planes-collide-runway-indonesia/story?id=38144387
A sightseeing helicopter crashed in Tennessee on Monday, killing five people.
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/04/us/tennessee-sightseeing-helicopter-crash/index.html
A new kind of competition has taken off: drone racing. "60 Minutes Sports" got up a closer look. The pilots wear FPV goggles so they are receiving streaming video from a camera on the drone.
Drone racing may become so addictive.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/drone-racing-as-sport-takes-flight/
A small plane crashed on a Southern California freeway Saturday, slamming into a car and killing a woman in the vehicle. 1 killed and 5 others injured.
Australian farmers will soon be able to fly drones weighing up to 25 kilograms over their property without an unmanned aircraft operators certificate. That is a drone that can take a pretty good payload, a bit of chemical around for crop spraying, cameras and other gear to do visual inspections.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-01/new-drone-regulations-to-benefit-farmers/7293392
Amateur astronomers have filmed what looked like meteor crashes on Jupiter.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/03/30/amateur-astronomers-captured-footage-of-a-space-rock-crashing-into-jupiter/
Deadly crash of pilot and co-pilot in the Iles de la Madeleine. The plane - MU-2 was first built in the 1950s and was involved in hundreds of crashes causing more than 330 deaths.
http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/plane-involved-in-deadly-crash-has-spotty-safety-record-1.2838309
Michigan testing drones for bridge inspections. A traditional bridge inspection for example typically involves setting up work zones, detouring traffic and using heavy equipment. Drones are safe, reliable and less expensive.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/03/28/michigan-drones-bridge-inspections/82356034/
A passenger of an Airbus A321 opened the emergency exit door because he wanted to go to the bathroom causing a three-hour delay and costing the airline tens of thousands of dollars.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-29/don-t-open-plane-s-emergency-door-for-the-toilet-
Police using drones in the search for missing people. The two-year-old boy was playing outside with the family dogs when he disappeared Tuesday evening. It's the fourth day of a search for Manitoba toddler Chase Martens.
http://globalnews.ca/news/2601141/how-police-are-using-drones-in-the-search-for-chase-martens-and-other-missing-people/
The Hypersonic aircraft revolution: The Boom concept plane could fly New York to London in 3.4 hours with fares a quarter of the price than Concorde.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/24/aviation/boom-supersonic-plane-virgin-space-company/index.html