Date: 2/16/2009 By JOHN CURRANAssociated Press Writer CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) — At Clarence United Methodist Church, they prayed — for the victims, for their families and for the small army of workers sifting through plane wreckage in suburban Buffalo. Backed…
Date: 2/14/2009 By LARRY NEUMEISTER and ADAM GOLDMANAssociated Press Writers BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Every time ice is suspected of bringing down a plane, the volume rises on how best to protect aircraft from the all-too-common and all-too-disastrous phenomenon. And…
Date: 2/14/2009 By The Associated Press Alison Des Forges Des Forges, of Buffalo, was senior adviser for Human Rights Watch’s Africa division. Considered one of the world’s leading experts on the genocide in Rwanda, Des Forges testified at 11 trials…
Date: 2/13/2009 By MICHAEL HILLAssociated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The commuter plane that crashed into a home near Buffalo, N.Y., was new and had a clean safety record, officials said Friday, leaving investigators few immediate clues about why…
Date: 2/13/2009 By DEVLIN BARRETTAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the victims of the Buffalo commuter plane crash, Beverly Eckert, was a Sept. 11 widow who put her never-ending grief to good use to make the country safer.…
Date: 2/13/2009 By JOHN WAWROWAssociated Press Writer CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) — A Continental commuter plane coming in for a landing nose-dived into a house in suburban Buffalo, sparking a fiery explosion that killed all 49 people aboard and a person…
Date: 2/11/2009 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Strong winds and currents are forcing authorities to hold off a search for five people missing in a small plane crash off Puerto Rico’s coast. The island’s emergency management director said Tuesday…
Date: 2/10/2009 By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers broke into the Federal Aviation Administration’s computer system last week, accessing the names and Social Security numbers of 45,000 employees and retirees. The agency said in a statement Monday…
Date: 2/6/2009 SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian prosecutor wants negligence charges reinstated against two New York pilots whose small jet was involved in one of Brazil’s worst air disasters. Pilots Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino were accused of contributing…
Date: 2/6/2009 DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — The money troubles of an Indiana financial manager accused of staging a plane crash to fake his own death got worse when an Alabama judge ordered him to pay $12 million in a lawsuit…