The memo reveals some cockpits are dysfunctional, with pilots ignoring their copilots warnings about an “unsafe situation.” The memo, obtained by CNN, said the behavior was “unacceptable,” and was just…
The hubbub over Rep. Aaron Schock’s (R-Ill.) “Downton Abbey”-themed office was just the beginning. The six-year veteran of Congress is facing his third ethics complaint in less than a month…
“Let’s be frank. Quite unexpectedly lots of water has passed under the bridges since that time,” he said with a wry laugh. “We have witnessed a tremendous clash of interests,”…
Southwest Airlines Co. says it has grounded 128 planes after failing to inspect backup hydraulic systems used to control the rudder if the main system fails. – Dallas-based Southwest is…
Patriotic military music filled the cabin. Flight attendants handed out Communist propaganda magazines. As Leighton put it, that 2012 flight on Air Koryo airlines from Beijing to Pyongyang was an…
The pilots of AirAsia Bhd. Flight 8501 cut power to a critical computer system that normally prevents planes from going out of control shortly before it plunged into the Java…
Two small planes ran out of fuel and crash-landed into the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii on the same day, with one briefly nose-diving before leveling out and drifting down to…
Police were searching two planes at Atlanta’s main airport after authorities received what they described as credible bomb threats. – Atlanta police officials declined to comment, referring calls to the…
Police are searching two planes at Atlanta’s main airport after authorities received what they described as credible bomb threats. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport spokesman Reese McCranie said the threats targeted…
Indonesian divers retrieved Thursday six more bodies from waters around the sunken fuselage of the AirAsia jetliner that crashed last month. Divers were struggling against strong current and poor visibility…
The Airbus A300-600ST, popularly known as the “Beluga” because of its resemblance to the white Arctic whale, is the European plane manufacturer’s super-sized transporter jet. Five of these enormous planes…
“Our early conjecture is that the plane is in the bottom of the sea,” said Bambang Sulistyo, the head of Indonesia’s search-and-rescue agency. That belief is based on the plane’s…