The head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China Office of Aviation Safety announced the rescue effort in Monday’s plane crash “has yet to find survivors.” Tuesday’s announcement came more than 30 hours after the crash happened. “The plane was severely damaged in the accident, and the investigation is very challenging,” Aviation Safety Director Zhu Thao…

A Boeing 737 passenger plane crashed Monday in China with 132 people on board. The number of deaths or injuries were not immediately known as firefighters and rescuers rushed to the crash site on the fiery mountainside in the southern province of Guangxi. The China Eastern flight lost contact around 2:15 p.m. while flying around…

Russian President Vladimir Putin is making good on a threat to nationalize assets of Western companies that suspend business over the war. This week, he took the first step by signing a law allowing the seizure of more than 500 foreign-owned planes worth around $10 billion. The planes are leased to Russia’s airlines by foreign…

After multiple delays over aviation pushback, Verizon Wireless and AT&T finally flipped the switch Wednesday on the new C-band 5G service. But the launch was muddled by eleventh-hour pleas from the airline industry to block 5G near some airports, even requesting presidential interference. In the end, the wireless companies agreed to temporarily avoid busy runways…

Update (Jan. 19, 2022): A day after Verizon and AT&T announced they would delay their 5G rollout near some airports, several major international airlines canceled some of their flights to some U.S. cities Wednesday. Those airlines include British Airways, Air India, Japan’s All Nippon Airways and Dubai-based Emirates. “We are working closely with aircraft manufacturers and the…

New York City officials are expected to take a second crack at reporting preliminary results of the city’s Democratic mayoral primary Wednesday. Their first attempt was marred by an error in which the city’s Board of Elections accidentally included 135,000 test ballots that weren’t meant to be counted. The city is trying ranked choice voting…

United Airlines announced the purchase of 270 new Boeing and Airbus aircraft Tuesday, marking the biggest order by an airline in the last decade and the largest order in United’s history. Analysts told the Associated Press the deal would be worth more than $30 billion before discounts, but United has not disclosed any purchase prices. The…