Date: 1/30/2009 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The owner and operator of a private jet that crashed last year, killing four people, is suing the South Carolina airport, the plane’s manufacturer and a tire company. Rock drummer Travis Barker and celebrity…
Jailed investor tells paper he can’t recall crash
Date: 1/24/2009 PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — An Indiana financial adviser accused of trying to fake his death in a plane crash said he’s been under psychiatric care and claims not to recall the events of the day he bailed out,…
Will pilot’s savvy flying also avert NY lawsuits?
Date: 1/22/2009 By DAVID B. CARUSOAssociated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A savvy pilot saved at least 155 lives when he guided a disabled US Airways jet to a relatively gentle landing in the Hudson River last week. He…
NTSB: Airliner’s engines lost power at same time
Date: 1/19/2009 By KAREN MATTHEWSAssociated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A jetliner that crash-landed in the Hudson River had lost power simultaneously in both engines after reaching an altitude of only 3,200 feet, the plane’s black box recorders revealed…
Plane’s recorders support hero pilot’s account
Date: 1/19/2009 By KAREN MATTHEWSAssociated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The black box recorders recovered from the US Airways jetliner that splashed down in the Hudson River captured thumping sounds, the sudden loss of engine power and the pilot’s…
A national hero but not quite in the spotlight
Date: 1/18/2009 By VERENA DOBNIKAssociated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — They are already talking about building a statue of Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger. Lucrative book and movie deals could follow. But even though the death-defying pilot of Flight 1549…
Trial over Concorde crash set for February 2010
Date: 1/12/2009 PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors say the manslaughter trial of Continental Airlines and five people over the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people will begin outside Paris next year. They said Monday the trial…
Experts: Crosswinds a factor in Denver air crash
January 7, 2009 By JOAN LOWY WASHINGTON (AP) — It was very windy when a Continental Airlines jet was destroyed while trying to take off in Denver last month, leading aviation safety experts to cite crosswinds as a likely factor…
8 dead, 1 hurt after chopper crashes in La. marsh
Date: 1/5/2009 HOUMA, La. (AP) — Authorities planned to search a southern Louisiana marsh by boat Monday for clues that might determine the cause of a helicopter crash that killed eight people bound for an offshore oil platform. The helicopter,…
New NASA report details final minutes of Columbia
Date: 12/30/2008 By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When the first of many loud alarms sounded on the space shuttle Columbia, the seven astronauts had about a minute to live, though they didn’t know it. The pilot, William…