A pilot and his passenger were not injured when a plane crashed in Plainview Thursday night while attempting to make an emergency landing.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a plane crashed in Plainview Thursday night. Around 7 p.m., DPS troopers were called to a plane crash at the intersection of Southwest 3rd Street and Columbia Street.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told TechCrunch it had to "briefly" slow and divert a number of aircraft in the airspace near Puerto Rico, where

A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk's flagship rocket program.

The FAA says it has grounded the Starship vehicle pending a mishap investigation, and it’s working with SpaceX to assess reports of property damage in Turks and Caicos.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made light of Starship's fiery end. "Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed!" he said on X.

Hawaii and Texas residents showed up to an FAA meeting to oppose the SpaceX plan to increase the number of launches and landings per year.

The third Starship test flight last March saw the spacecraft reach its planned trajectory and fly halfway around the world before succumbing to the scorching heat of atmospheric reentry. In June, the fourth test flight ended with controlled splashdowns of the rocket's Super Heavy booster in the Gulf of Mexico and of Starship in the Indian Ocean.

Commercial airlines had to divert or delay their flights to avoid debris from the SpaceX Starship spacecraft that exploded Thursday during a flight test.

The spacecraft’s engines shut down, and contact soon was lost. SpaceX says it will take time to figure out what went wrong.

The booming solar industry has found an unlikely mascot in sheep as large-scale solar farms crop up across the U.S. and in the fields of Texas.