More than two decades after Europe’s failed attempt at a supersonic airliner, the USA is on track to make it work.

Boom Supersonic is one step closer to launching the spiritual heir to the Concorde. The US firm's XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025.

He reiterated his assertion, which has been backed up by footage from the scene and Western assessments, that the plane crashed after being hit by Russian air defenses. “I can say with ...

An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers collided in mid-air with a military helicopter with three US Army soldiers ...

Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 25. Photographer: Issa Tazhenbayev/AFP/Getty Images Facebook ...

President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan's leader for what the Kremlin called a "tragic incident" over Russia in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed after Russian air ...

Azerbaijan's president has repeatedly accused Russia of covering up the cause of a plane crash that killed 38 passengers on Christmas Day, publicly criticizing Moscow again on Monday. "The initial ...

Brazil is currently working with three other countries in the investigation of the recent Azerbaijani plane crash, which Azerbaijan has blamed on Russia. The probe includes analyzing data from the ...

Investigators have recovered the flight data recorders, also known as black boxes, from an American Airlines jet which ...

At the time the aircraft crashed Grozny and other cities were being attacked by Ukrainian combat drones and Russian air defense was repelling these attacks, the Kremlin said Putin told his ...

When it was first introduced in 1969, the Concorde was touted as the future of commercial air travel. Ultimately, the supersonic airliner wasn't economically feasible, as it was far too expensive to ...