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…
A look at some of those killed in NY plane crash
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…
Crashed commuter plane was new, had good record
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…
Sept. 11 widow killed in Buffalo plane crash
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.…
Fiery plane crash in upstate NY kills 50
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…
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…
Brazil police: 10 at fault for air crash
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…
US experts believe Mexico plane crash was accident
Date: 11/13/2008 By ALEXANDRA OLSONAssociated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) _ U.S. investigators have found no evidence of foul play in a mysterious plane crash that killed Mexico’s second-most powerful official, the American ambassador said Wednesday. U.S. National Transportation and…
Mexico rules out bomb, failed engine in jet crash
Date: 11/7/2008 By E. EDUARDO CASTILLOAssociated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Mexican experts say they have ruled out a bomb or engine failure as the cause of a plane crash that killed Mexico’s interior secretary. The probe into the…
Black boxes from Mexican plane crash sent to US
Date: 11/7/2008 By ALEXANDRA OLSONAssociated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Two flight recorders from a plane crash that killed Mexico’s No. 2 government official were sent to the U.S. for examination, officials said Thursday, amid widespread speculation — but…