War-driven demand boosts profits for weapons and aircraft manufacturers
Boeing sees reduced first-quarter loss as defence earnings rise amid $2.3bn US Pentagon contract.

Boeing sees reduced first-quarter loss as defence earnings rise amid $2.3bn US Pentagon contract.









Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were reportedly sent to 14 airports, including New York’s JFK.
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The Trump administration has deployed ICE agents to airports across the United States.
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Dozens have been pulled alive from the wreckage of a Colombian air force plane.
The pilot and co-pilot were killed, and in total, 41 passengers were taken to hospital, along with two firefighters.
The accident occurred in Puerto Leguizamo, a remote municipality in the Amazonian province of Putumayo.

CCTV video captured the moment an Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
Airport is closed and flights diverted after aircraft operated by Jazz Aviation strikes firefighting truck on runway.
Finlay Asher says the Iran war’s disruption to Middle East airspace could impact the aviation industry for months.
The war has sent oil prices surging, upending global travel and pushing airline ticket costs on some routes sky-high.

A passenger onboard Southwest Airlines was removed after their call to prayer was mistaken for a ‘bomb threat’.