Latest Aviation Headlines
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Year After N.Y. Yankee Lidle’s Crash, Lawsuits Stretch Across Country
Oct 12 2007 // A federal safety panel concluded earlier this year that Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle died in a New York City plane crash because he and his instructor misjudged a turn. The finding has done little to settle the legal fights...
Many Dead in Thai Plane Crash
Sep 17 2007 // A passenger plane crashed while attempting to land at southern Thailand’s Phuket airport Sunday afternoon, possibly leaving some people dead and about 20 hurt, an official said. An unconfirmed television report said...
SilverStone Group Adds New Director of Aviation Risk Services
Sep 12 2007 // Omaha, NE – September 2007- SilverStone Group is proud to announce the addition of Charles Parmley. Charles is a 30-year veteran of the aviation industry who began his career as a draftsman generating engineering...
Lawsuit Filed Over Repair of NYC Transit Chief’s $1 Million Car
Sep 7 2007 // An insurance company is suing an airline for damage that a prize-winning $1 million Ferrari, owned by the chairman of the city’s public transportation system, sustained while being brought to this country from...
Feds Release Final Report on Ky. Plane Crash that Killed 49
Aug 30 2007 // Federal investigators released their final report Tuesday on last summer’s deadly crash of a Comair flight in Kentucky, finding that the pilots were primarily responsible but making safety recommendations that extend...
Ky. Comair Crash Survivor Sues Designer of Runway Lights
Aug 29 2007 // The sole survivor from the airliner that crashed after taking off from the wrong runway at Lexington, Ky.’s Blue Grass Airport, killing 49 people, is suing the company that designed the runway and taxiway...
Comair Names Federal Government, Ky. Airport in Lawsuits
Aug 16 2007 // Comair has named the federal government, Blue Grass Airport and an airport administrator in federal lawsuits filed against the airline by families of victims of last year’s fatal crash in Kentucky. Comair spokeswoman...
Official Blames Safety Flaws in U.S. Aviation System for Comair Crash
Aug 15 2007 // A lead investigator of last summer’s deadly Comair plane crash in Kentucky that killed 49 people says the accident exposed “latent failures” across the nation’s aviation system. In an eight-page...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Aug 6 2007 // Global firefighter claims U.S. Forest Service stonewalls on Russian aid while U.S. wildfires burn While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Aug 6 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California and an American pilot from Virginia...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Aug 6 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California and an American pilot from Virginia...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Jul 23 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California, and an American pilot from Virginia...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Jul 23 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in more than a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California, and an American pilot from...
Heavy Thunderstorm Causes Damage at S.C. Airport
Jul 19 2007 // A South Carolina thunderstorm caused a wind gust of 75 mph at Columbia Metropolitan Airport on Tuesday, damaging a temporary hanger, authorities said. The storm also knocked out power at parts of the airport, but officials...
Miami Airport Terminal Evacuated after Bomb Scare
Jul 18 2007 // A terminal at Miami International Airport was evacuated early Monday after authorities found a possible explosive device at a security checkpoint. “A possible explosive device showed up in an X-ray machine at the...
Small Plane Crashes into Florida Neighborhood
Jul 11 2007 // A small plane trying to make an emergency landing crashed into a suburban Orlando, Fla., neighborhood Tuesday morning, starting two house fires and injuring at least three people, authorities said. Both homes were largely...
WTC Attack Simulation Shows Fireproofing Material Stripped on Impact
Jun 21 2007 // A computer simulation of the 2001 World Trade Center attacks supports a federal agency’s findings that the initial impact from the hijacked airplanes stripped away crucial fireproofing material and that the weakened...
Authorities Make Arrests in NYC Terror Plot at JFK Airport
Jun 5 2007 // Federal authorities announced they had broken up a suspected Muslim terrorist cell planning a “chilling” attack to destroy John F. Kennedy International Airport, kill thousands of people and trigger an economic...
Study: Kentucky Airport Never Enacted Staffing Plan After Crash
Jun 4 2007 // A Kentucky airport where a plane took off from the wrong runway and crashed last year had put together a plan to help it comply with federal guidelines on staffing in air control towers but never enacted it, a staffing...
Lexington, Ky. Airport Named as Third-Party Defendant
May 25 2007 // In Kentucky, Comair has filed a third-party complaint against Blue Grass Airport, where one of the airline’s planes crashed last year, killing 49 people. The complaint was filed in a lawsuit that was brought by the...
