South China Morning Post - United States & Canada

Weary travellers braced for more flight disruptions on Saturday as service resumed from US airports after an hours-long stoppage that the Trump administration blamed on faulty equipment or an error by a contractor tasked with switching out old copper wire communication lines. Friday’s nationwide ground stop sparked widespread chaos and left hundreds of thousands of passengers in...

Democratic US senators have told Elon Musk to preserve all records related to his company SpaceX’s restrictions on Ukraine’s use of its Starlink and Starshield satellite services. Ukrainian forces say Starshield, the military-grade version of ‌Starlink, is vital for frontline communications and drone operations in their defence against Russian drone and missile attacks. But in m...

US Air Force personnel at the RAF Lakenheath base in Britain responded to “suspected unauthorised drone activity” on Friday evening, although no personnel, aircraft or infrastructure were affected, a US Air Force spokesman said. “We continue ‌to work closely with our host nation counterparts to ensure the safety and security of our US service members, US and host nation civilian...

SpaceX launched Starship towards orbit on Friday in its boldest test yet: a 22-hour flight that aimed to capture the entire rocket in a move meant to accelerate moon and Mars travel. But Elon Musk’s company had to lower its expectations when the first part of the double catch flopped. The first-stage booster malfunctioned and instead of returning to its Texas pad several minutes...

The US Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights nationwide on Friday afternoon. The FAA notice said the ground stop was being imposed “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety”. However, the government didn’t provide any details about the reason. This is the first nationwide ground stop since January 2023, when a key FAA computer system malfunctio...