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A Samaritan’s Purse humanitarian flight was hijacked on Tuesday, December 2, while attempting to supply a mobile medical unit in South Sudan.
Authorities were able to meet the aircraft on the ground and take the suspect into custody without further incident. The aircraft involved was one of the organization’s Cessna Grand Caravans that operates solely within Africa. The FAA has taken an unusually cooperative step towards pilot mental health reform, reducing the stabilization wait time for approved antidepressant medications from 6 months to just 3. Though this is, in itself, a basic change, it reflects years of industry efforts. Under the revised policy, airmen and air traffic control specialists may now submit Special Issuance medical packages after maintaining a stable dose of an approved antidepressant for at least three continuous months. The maiden flight of LandSpace’s ZhuQue-3 rocket on December 3 was one for the books… for both its successes and failures. The rocket reached orbit before the first stage booster recovery attempt resulted in an explosion near the edge of the landing pad. ZhuQue-3 is a two-stage
reusable vehicle capable of placing more than 18 metric tons into low Earth orbit when recovered. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!
Airborne 12.08.25 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Monday, December 8th, 2025... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Holland Lee. Holland is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:
- Humanitarian Flight Hijacked While Delivering Medicine to South Sudan
- FAA Begins Cutting Barriers to Flying on Antidepressants
- Chinese Rocket (and SpaceX Copy) Maiden Flight Meets a Fiery End
- Cosmonaut Kicked from SpaceX Mission Last-Second
- Airbus Forced to Scale Back Delivery Target Amid A320 Trouble
- USAF F-16 Commander Awarded Silver Star For Strike Mission
- Ukraine Destroys One of Only Two Russian A-60s
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