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An American aerospace company said Monday that its probe’s lunar landing may not go forward after engine problems at launch that could leave it short of power. Astrobotic Technology, based in Pittsburgh, said its Cape Canaveral, Fla., launch early Monday morning went well until an “anomaly” prevented the craft from “achieving a stable sun-pointing orientation.”…

A small aircraft that had experienced engine problems landed on a road in Novato on Thursday, according to authorities.

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The couple’s child was in the back seat during the confrontation, Alabama police say.

This flight for your vacation. actually -- are you still on your vacation? [laughter] youre still on vacation? >> yeah -- [laughter] -- >> what made you realize that something was wrong here? >> i think when you go on a plane, there are many cross winds. and so, i guess you kind of expect it more later on in the flight. but right when you we took off, about three minutes, we start heading south towards cancun. and within a minute of turning, you saw the plane kind of go side to side, like we wer...

And hung up -- he didnt finish is -- >> so, what goes through your mind when you hear pilots say, there are engine problems. did you hear anything? was there a loud boom, or anything like that when the fires started? >> yeah, so, i was sitting on the wing -- the engine -- i heard basically just a boom. but you know how it is. when you are flying, you hear noises and everything going on. i didnt start thinking anything about it, until we started swaying really weird. and then when the pilot came ...

And a gyrocopter collided mid-air in oshkosh. both aircraft belonging to attendees of the experimental aircraft associations airventure show there. >> its just a tragic accident. obviously, somebody was in the wrong place at some time. >> reporter: and earlier that morning two people killed when a single-engine plane crashed into lake winnebago. that plane performing maneuvers before the coast guard says it plunged 3,000 feet. >> we heard a big bang. when we got on scene, all we really saw was j...

I would say... as i normally say, we have put the great in britain. we have worked hard to put this legacy forward. that is a mark that our children can look back and say, "well, our parents did that." ashitha nagesh, bbc news. a pilot and his passenger have had a lucky escape after their plane crashed into a residential street in the us state of wisonsin. police said the pilot reportedly had engine problems and avoided homes before trying to crash land the aircraft. he managed to land the plane...

Two planes collided Friday afternoon during taxi maneuvers at Boston's Logan Airport, resulting in minor damages.

Two people died as a result of a plane crash which took place off the California coast Sunday.