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Body found in plane’s wheel well on Christmas Eve flight

The United Airlines flight travelled from Chicago to Maui.

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Officials in Hawaii are investigating after a body was discovered in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane that flew from Chicago to Maui on Christmas Eve.

Dozens killed as plane crashes and explodes into fireball

Unverified video of the crash showed the Azerbaijan Airlines plane bursting into flames as it hit the ground and thick black smoke then rising.

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The Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed on Christmas Day.

Investigators point finger after plane’s ‘hard jolt’ and ‘free fall’

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A 2022 incident of turbulence aboard a Hawaiian Airlines flight injured dozens of people. File image.

Missing flight MH370 vanished more than a decade ago. Now, a new search area has been identified

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A multinational effort undertook the first search for MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Preparing for one of the world’s longest flights

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Passengers board NZ1 tonight with little idea they’ve struck gold. Their ultra long-haul flight is about to enjoy rare and favourable weather conditions, considerably shortening their flight time.

Are electric planes the future of flying?

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We travelled with Air New Zealand to the USA to check out the plane, which looks like a drone mixed with a helicopter and boat.