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Iraqi security forces storm Mosul airport, military base

U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces closing in on the Islamic State-held western half of Mosul stormed the city's airport and a nearby military base on Thursday, state television said.

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Pilot of crashed charter plane already under investigation

The pilot of a plane that crashed into a Melbourne shopping center on Tuesday was already under investigation over a "near collision", it has been revealed.

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Paris airport hopes facial recognition is the answer to long lines

If you’re traveling through Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, be prepared for some invasive new biometric security measures.

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Barcelona airport heaped with rubbish after cleaners go on strike

It took just five days for bins to overflow and floors to become strewn with rubbish after cleaners at Barcelona's El Prat Airport went on strike.

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Plane crashes in Colombia with 81 on board, including Brazilian footballers

An aircraft with 81 people aboard, including a Brazilian football team, crashed in central Colombia, and rescuers are moving survivors from the site, the country's civil aviation association said on Tuesday.

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New airport to be built near China-Russia border

The construction of a new civilian airport is expected to start soon along China's border with Russia in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang.

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X-ray use for security is halted

Checkpoints at airport, train stations in Sichuan give up radiation screening after safety outcry

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Frankfurt airport departure hall evacuated after passenger breaches security

Frankfurt airport's Terminal 1 departure hall was evacuated on Wednesday after a passenger got into the departure gate area without completing the security check, possibly by mistake, the airport's operator and police said.

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DPRK plane makes forced landing in northeast China city

An Air Koryo passenger plane, the national carrier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), was forced to land in Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province on Friday.

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Hundreds of flights cancelled, delayed as torrential rain lashes northern China

Thunderstorms and heavy rain have led to hundreds of flight cancellations and delays at airports in Beijing and neighbouring Tianjin.

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Brazil will increase security at airports during Rio Olympics

Brazil's Minister of Civil Aviation, Mauricio Quintella, announced Wednesday that security will be boosted at airports for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, after terrorist attacks Tuesday in Turkey and in April in Brussels.

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Turkish PM blames IS for Istanbul airport attacks

​Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Wednesday blamed the Islamic State (IS) for the terrorist attacks on Istanbul's Ataturk Airport that killed 36 people and injured many others.

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17 Chinese nationals hurt as Hong Kong airline hit by turbulence in central Indonesia

Seventeen Chinese nationals were injured on Saturday when a Hong Kong Airlines flight hit severe turbulence over Borneo Island after taking off from Bali Island of Indonesia, officials said.

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Japan's Kumamoto airport reopens to commercial flights for first time since quake

​Kumamoto airport in Japan's quake-ravaged southwest prefecture opened for the first time Tuesday for commercial flights, with the first plane heading for the airport in the disaster-hit region departing from Tokyo's Haneda Airport at around 6:00 a.m. this morning.

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Passengers of Egypt's hijacked plane arrive at Cairo airport

​The passengers of Egypt's previously hijacked Egyptian airplane have arrived at Cairo International Airport on Tuesday evening.

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Deadly attacks hit Europe's heart

​Tuesday marked a tragic day for Europe's heart -- Brussels, a city that boasts the capital of the European Union. Multiple deadly bomb attacks for which the Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility hit Brussels Tuesday morning at its airport and a metro station close to EU institutions, killing at least 34 people and injuring 170 more.

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Russia retrieves data from recorder of crashed plane as investigation underway

An investigation into a passenger jet crash in southern Russia was underway, as experts began to decipher information from one of the two damaged flight data recorders, Russian authorities said on Monday.