Tue Dec 23, 6:25 am ET By COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press Writer – DENVER – Investigators trying to determine why a Continental Airlines plane veered off a runway and skidded into a ravine heard an odd bumping and rattling noise…
Date: 12/17/2008 By DANICA COTOAssociated Press Writer SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The pilot of a plane that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle with 11 passengers aboard had only a U.S. student pilot license and should have never been…
Date: 12/16/2008 12:00 AM By ROD McGUIRKAssociated Press Writer CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — You’ve been “superpoked” — and served. An attorney in Australia has used the popular networking Web site Facebook to notify a couple that they lost their home…
Date: 12/8/2008 By DEVLIN BARRETTAssociated Press Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Disgraced former Rep. Vito Fossella is headed to court to find out if he has to serve jail time for a drunken-driving incident that wrecked his career by revealing…
Date: 12/6/2008 HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A central Pennsylvania man was charged with careless driving in the deaths of a couple who were struck as they walked to a fundraiser. David K. Shiery, 47, of Enola, was speeding when his…
Date: 12/5/2008 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. investigator is studying the charred wreckage of a small plane that plowed into a Puerto Rican rainforest to pinpoint the cause of the deadly crash. The U.S. National Transportation Safety…
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) – Authorities in Wisconsin say a small airplane has crashed in the backyard of a house in Marshfield, killing the three people on board the aircraft. No one on the ground was injured. Officials said the plane…
Date: 11/21/2008 Associated Press Writer SEATTLE (AP) _ A Federal Aviation Administration employee from Southern California took illegal perks from his job — including a plane, yachts and heavy-duty trucks — and an investigation continues into how widespread the practice…
Date: 11/20/2008 By BRADLEY BROOKSAssociated Press WriterRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) _ A police investigation found that 10 government and airline officials were to blame for Brazil’s worst air disaster, saying they failed to properly train pilots, implement rainy day…
11/18/2008 9:30 AM CHICAGO – A morning accident involving a bus and two vehicles sent over two dozen people to the hospital. EMS instituted a Plan II response to the incident, which occurred at West Roosevelt Road and South Blue…