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…
Missing plane’s pilot had only student license
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…
GUYANA: Officials suspend search for missing US survey plane with 3 aboard
Date: 11/18/2008 GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana has suspended its search for a U.S.-registered plane with three people aboard that disappeared over dense Amazonian jungle two weeks ago. Transportation Minister Robeson Benn says government teams have unsuccessfully scoured mountainous forests…
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…
Mexico says jet crash likely accident
Date: 11/5/2008 By JULIE WATSONAssociated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) _ A fiery plane crash into rush-hour traffic claimed the life of the Mexico’s most powerful official after the president, a heavy blow to the government’s escalating battle against drug…
GUYANA: Plane carrying 3 missing in Guyana jungle during survey flight
Date: 11/2/2008 GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A U.S.-registered plane was missing in the Amazon jungles of Guyana after taking off to conduct aerial surveys for a Canadian mining company, aviation officials said Sunday. Three people were on board. The aircraft…
Spanish judge orders plane crash site cleanup
Date: 9/25/2008 12:36 PM By DANIEL WOOLLSAssociated Press Writer MADRID, Spain (AP) _ A Spanish judge on Thursday ordered a cleanup of the site of last month’s plane crash in Madrid in which 154 people died, after a newspaper ran…
Airport boss: Runway where jet crashed is adequate
Date: 8/1/2008 7:57 PM By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press Writer OWATONNA, Minn. (AP) _ The manager of a regional airport where eight people died in the crash of a business jet said Friday that the 5,500-foot runway is adequate, noting that…