The emoji in question, which has the formal name "airplane arrival," was introduced in 2014 and was included in the first-ever universal emoji release, Emoji 1.0, in 2015, according to Emojipedia.

Overnight, some Facebook users noticed that in addition to the six emoji ‘reacts’ available to slap on other users’ posts, they could also access the blue-and-white plane emoji.

Facebook is using a plane emoji to mark the events of September 11th, 2001. This feels a little weird. It’s unknown if a human Facebook employee chooses ...

The airport landing emoji on your phone, a social media icon you might use to message someone that your flight has arrived, looks “too crash-y,” the folks at Memphis, Tenn.’s airport tweeted.

Airports in the US want the emoji for a landing plane to be changed, saying the current version looks as if it is about to crash. Dallas Fort Worth Airport says the plane looks like it's about to ...