In the dark stillness of night, a quiet, tree-lined street in a San Diego neighborhood was plunged into tragedy when a plane clipped a main power line and crashed onto the street — turning cars into fireballs and sending hundreds of residents fleeing in a haze of smoke and confusion.

At least three people were killed when a private jet crashed into a San Diego neighborhood Thursday morning, adding to the long list of aviation disasters this year

Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier says it flew the first production version of the Global 8000 business jet, to fly operationally by the end of the year.

Leading the expansion is the Bombardier Global 7500, one of the longest-range business jets on the market . ExecuJet adds long-range business jets to fleet . Al Maktoum International Airport jets, Bombardier Global 7500,

The Bombardier Global 8000 just completed its first test flight, and the aircraft will move to Bombardier's completion center for its new interior.

Spike Aerospace, an Atlanta-based company, has relaunched development of the Spike S-512 Diplomat—a quiet supersonic business jet. According to the company, the design for the new aircraft aims to succeed where its predecessor, the Concorde, failed—turning a sonic boom into a sonic “thump.” “We’ve...