Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis file appeals of pilot license revocations The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles are ...
Authorities say a medical helicopter has crashed on Arizona's San Carlos Indian reservation during a training flight and both people aboard are seriously ...
Military says fighters should have been launched when Northwest flight overshot airport The U.S. military would have launched fighter jets to track down an errant Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport if officials had been notified sooner, a top commander ...
FAA: Military should have been told sooner by controllers about Northwest Airlines plane The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles have prompted the Obama administration to broaden its look at distracted driving to include distracted flying, Transportation ...
FAA: 2 passenger jets were only about 82 feet apart on ground at Los Angeles airport The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday a runway incursion put a taxiing jet about 82 feet from a departing airliner — less than half the separation ...
Distracted driving inquiry expanded to include 'distracted flying' thanks to Northwest pilots The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles have prompted the Transportation Department to expand its distracted driving initiative to include "distracted flying," a spokeswoman for ...
FAA grounds Northwest pilots who overflew Minneapolis by 150 miles, decision can be appealed The two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles are grounded indefinitely unless the National Transportation Safety Board grants them a reprieve. The Federal ...
Two US pilots who overshot their destination by some 150 miles (240 kilometers) last week while talking and consulting their laptops have had their licenses revoked, aviation authorities said Tuesday. "The Federal Aviation Administration has revoked the licenses of two Northwest Airlines ...
Southwest settles shareholder lawsuit over safety issues Southwest Airlines Co. has agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit that grew out of safety violations at the carrier and will pay the investors' lawyers $3.5 million. Southwest disclosed the proposed settlement in a regulatory ...
Small plane with 4 aboard vanishes from radar after encountering turbulence in south Texas A small plane with four people aboard is missing in southern Texas after vanishing from radar shortly after the pilot reported encountering turbulence. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman ...
Northwest pilot whose plane missed airport by 150 miles says no one in cockpit was asleep The first officer of the Northwest Airlines jet that missed its destination by 150 miles says he and the captain were not sleeping or arguing in ...
After airport overshoot, some argue pilots need a mid-flight snooze to stay alert (and awake!) Charles Lindbergh famously fell asleep while crossing the Atlantic, and despite strict federal rules against it, experienced airline pilots say it's not uncommon to sneak a nap ...
