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Boeing said on March 23, 2026, that the Federal Aviation Administration has certified increased maximum takeoff weight options for the 787-9 and 787-10, a change that will give airline customers the ability to carry more payload or operate longer routes...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers began assisting at airport security checkpoints on March 23, 2026, as a partial US government shutdown continued to strain Transportation Security Administration (TSA) staffing and push wait times higher...

A Colombian Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules with 125 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff on March 23, 2026, near Puerto Leguízamo in the far south of the country near Colombia’s border with Peru.
Emergency crews and local residents rushed to the scene as authorities worked to account for those on board. The aircraft reportedly went down about two kilometers from the airport after departing from the remote Amazon region strip, according to Colombian...

Lithuanian authorities are investigating after an unidentified object, believed to be a drone, exploded overnight near the village of Lavys in the Varėna district, close to the border with Belarus.
The Lithuanian Armed Forces said preliminary information suggests the object may have crossed into Lithuanian airspace before crashing into a lake in the area. Emergency services and the military were dispatched to the scene, and authorities activated...