Date: 2/26/2009 By KATIE OYANAssociated Press Writer DENVER (AP) — Four passengers on a Continental Airlines jet that veered off a Denver runway in December have filed suit against the jet’s maker. The lawsuits filed in federal court in Denver…
Cyclical menace of ice revisits aviation
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…
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…
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…
Odd bumping noise heard on Denver plane’s tape
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…