The death of an Air NZ pilot, found after he went missing on a bush walk last week, is "not suspicious", say Hong Kong police.

The body of an Air New Zealand pilot who went missing a week ago while trekking in rural Hong Kong has been found, police said today.

Steven Slater has become a celebrity in his own right after losing patience with a passenger and making an emergency exit from a plane.

Hong Kong police will continue to look for missing Air NZ pilot until at least tomorrow night despite reports that the search has been scaled back after six days of searching.

A hypersonic passenger jet has entered its second phase of tests, bringing trips of less than five hours between Australasia and Europe closer.

Qantas denies passengers' lost property is given to staff, despite reports that unclaimed items are often auctioned off to airline workers.

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A helicopter pilot was sending and receiving text messages in the minutes prior to being killed in a crash, a report says.

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A video game may have helped a pilot put his damaged aircraft down safely after a mid-air collision that killed two others.

Get the latest on the crash which saw a passenger plane plunge into the isolated hills in Pakistan's capital.

An international flying student did an "exceptional job" landing unhurt with a dead engine and missing a wheel after a fatal mid-air collision.

The student pilot who died after a mid-air collision with another plane in Feilding yesterday has been named.

Pacific Blue says the pilots of a plane that may have breached flight rules when taking off from Queenstown airport have been stood down.

The student pilot killed in yesterday's flight school crash was in her 60s and from the Kapiti Coast area, police said this morning.