United Airlines is joining the rush of carriers planning to restart scheduled passenger flights between the US and Israel.

A plane carrying 104 passengers had to abort its takeoff from a Texas airport after a fire broke out in one of the wings.

The Federal Aviation Administration is once again looking into a close call at a major U.S. airport, after two passenger jets narrowly avoided a mid-air collision as they attempted to land in Phoenix.

The planes, carrying more than 350 people, experienced "a loss of required separation" while preparing to land at the same Phoenix airport, the FAA said.

A Delta Air Lines plane and a United Airlines aircraft raised alarms ... The flight on Atlanta-based Delta was on an Airbus A330-300 that was flying from Detroit into Phoenix when the incident ...