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U.K. F-35B Jet Takes Unplanned Vacation in India, Is Embraced by Locals

A British F-35B has been stranded for weeks at an airport in southern India because of mechanical issues. The internet, and the region’s tourism agency, are having fun with it.

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A British F-35B fighter jet in Singapore last month.

Air India Plane Crash Highlights Dangers of Crowded Airport Zones

The crash of an Air India flight shows how the country’s ambitions of rapid growth are often superimposed on urban infrastructures already pushed to the limit.

A plane waiting to take off at the Ahmedabad airport which is surrounded by the cityscape of Ahmedabad, India, in June.
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