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…
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…
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…
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…