Pete Syme

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Competitive figure skaters. Children. A flight attendant with a love of travel. A helicopter crew chief who had a smile for everyone, especially his son. As families grieve the lives lost Wednesday in D.C., they also shared some of their stories: wapo.st/3CzT2OD

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For those at home, this press conference is highly unusual for many reasons, but it is extremely rare for a leader like this to come out in front of the NTSB and discuss aspects of any ongoing air safety investigation. Trump is doing a play-by-play of the events last night on the briefing podium.

🍰 At his inaugural ball, Trump signaled his appetite for the new Air Force One by cutting a cake adorned with the VC-25B. ✈️ Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg told CNBC: "The president wants the airplane sooner, and so we're working with Elon and the team..." www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-bo...

Elon Musk is trying to help Boeing out with its much-delayed new Air Force One for Trump

Boeing has lost more than $2 billion producing the Next Air Force One after President Donald Trump renegotiated the deal in his first term.

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A taste of today's #StormEowyn travel chaos: ✈️An Edinburgh-bound flight nearly diverted to Cologne, but went back to Stansted. ✈️A Barcelona-to-Dublin flight diverted to Stansted, some 300 miles away. ✈️Thousands tracked an Emirates A380 struggling to land. www.businessinsider.com/flights-to-n...

Flights to nowhere for hundreds of passengers as storm with 100mph wind gusts causes travel chaos

At least two Ryanair flights ended up back where they started, while another was diverted 300 miles away as Storm Éowyn hit the UK and Ireland.

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