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Red hot molten lava and thick dark dust spew from the ground while a small white. single-propeller aircraft flies overhead.

How Active Volcanoes Can Put Airplanes in Danger

A global early-warning system strives to keep aircraft safe from volcanic eruptions.

Mark Piesing | May 5, 2025

Smoke pours from the west wing of the Pentagon building September 11, 2001 in Arlington, Virginia, after a plane crashed into the building and set off a huge explosion. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Smithsonian's Chris Browne Was the Manager at Ronald Reagan National Airport on 9/11

The acting director of the National Air and Space Museum reflects 20 years later on the rapid grounding of air traffic across the US

Christopher U. Browne | September 10, 2021

A view of the Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece, which closed in 2001. This photo of the now-defunct airport was taken in 2007. Credit: Alexandros Lambrovassilis

Photographing an Airport in Transition

Carolyn Russo | April 13, 2018

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