How Crazy Am I To Think I Know Where MH370 Is?
In the year since the vanishing of MH370, I appeared on CNN more than 50 times, watched my spouse’s eyes glaze over at dinner, and fell in with a group…
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Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden Lead Singer, Treated For Tongue Cancer
Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden and owner of one of the most distinctive voices in heavy metal, is being treated for cancer on his tongue, according to a…
Korean Air executive jailed over ‘nut rage’ incident
A South Korean court on Thursday found her guilty of violating aviation law, changing flight path and interference of operations. – He added that her actions threatened the development of…
Dreamliner lovers rejoice as American Airlines touts new 787s
“Nice to have another U.S. airline with a 787, finally,” aviation enthusiast and frequent flier Jason Rabinowitz tweeted to CNN. Since 2012, United has been the only U.S. airline to…
Pilot work limits divert American flight
The crew of American Flight 223 knew hours before takeoff that they couldn’t go the distance to Los Angeles. The first officer was going to exceed his allotted work time,…
Malaysia officially declares MH370 passengers and crew ‘presumed dead’
The formal declaration, read Thursday by civil aviation director Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, will allow the families of those presumed dead to continue the compensation process with the airline or with…
NTSB issues new recommendations to find missing planes
“Recent events have highlighted that recovering flight data can be costly and difficult when an accident occurs in a remote area, outside radar coverage,” the NTSB wrote in the letter…
And the world’s most punctual airline is…
The small airport serving the southwest England port city has emerged as the world’s most punctual aviation hub in 2014, outperforming some of the biggest destinations on the planet. With…
2 big objects turn up in AirAsia search in Java Sea
(CNN)Two large metal objects were found in the search for the AirAsia airliner in the Java Sea, according to the head of Indonesia’s Search and Rescue Agency, Bambang Soelistyo. The…
Missing plane and air disasters: How bad was 2014?
With the AirAsia disappearance now counted as a crash, this year’s number totals 111. The last time the world had 111 crashes was in 1927. “If you consider sheer numbers…
AirAsia, MH370 incidents very different
When MH370 disappeared, the plane’s identifying transponders appeared to be intentionally shut off, its pilots stopped making radio transmissions and the airliner made a mysterious turn before possibly traveling for…