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Continental Airlines stories: 41 news summaries

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Passengers Stuck on Runway Have No Recourse


Aug 13, 09 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The passengers who spent 5.5 hours trapped inside a plane in Rochester, Minn., last weekend didn’t revolt. But if they had, they could have wound up in trouble with the law, USA Today reports. Federal aviation laws give airlines sole authority over whether passengers stay on a... More »

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airline industry • Continental Airlines • passenger's bill of rights • airline passenger's bill of rights • Federal Aviation Administration • ExpressJet Airlines • Rochester, Minn.

 White House Probes 
 Minn. Plane Stranding 

Incident 'troubling': transportation sec.

Aug 12, 09 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is investigating last weekend’s 9-hour stranding of 47 passengers on a Minnesota airport tarmac, the AP reports. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood says his department's general counsel is determining whether laws were broken in the case. “While we don't yet have all the facts, this incident... More »

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Olympia Snowe • Minnesota • airline delays • Continental Airlines • Barbara Boxer • tarmac • Ray LaHood

(Newser) - If 9 hours on a grounded puddle-jumper with screaming babies and the scent of overly busy toilets wafting through cramped aisles sounds like your idea of a good time, then Continental Airlines had your ticket to paradise. When storms forced a Minneapolis-bound flight to divert to Rochester, Minn., on Friday,... More »

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Minnesota • airport security • Minneapolis airport • airline delays • Continental Airlines • airline passenger's bill of rights • tarmac • ExpressJet Airlines • Rochester, Minn.

26 Injured by Turbulence
on Flight From Rio

4 are serious after Continental flight
from Rio lands in Miami

Aug 3, 09 7:06 AM CDT
(AP) - Four people were seriously injured when a Continental Airlines flight from Rio de Janeiro to Houston experienced extreme turbulence mid-flight early this morning, the AP reports. Continental flight 128, with 168 people on board, was diverted to Miami, where the plane landed safely this morning, says the FAA. In addition... More »

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Crew Asked for Doc But Kept Pilot's Death a Secret

Passengers had no clue

Jun 18, 09 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - They didn't explain why, but the crew of Continental Flight 61 asked passengers about halfway through their flight whether there was a doctor on board. It was only when the plane landed that passengers learned their 60-year-old captain had died somewhere between Brussels and New Jersey, the Star-Ledger reports. The... More »

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UPDATED

Plane Lands at Newark After Pilot Dies Midflight


Jun 18, 09 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Continental Airlines flight has landed safely at Newark after its captain died during the flight, CBS 2 TV in New York reports. "The crew on this flight included an additional relief pilot who took the place of the deceased pilot," the carrier said in a statement. “... More »

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Pilot Training
Faulted in
Buffalo Crash

Captain did opposite
of proper procedure
when plane stalled

May 11, 09 1:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The captain of the commuter plane that crashed in Buffalo in February, killing 50 people, wasn't properly trained on the plane's stall-protection system and had failed several flight tests, the Wall Street Journal reports. When the plane warned of an imminent stall, the pilot did the opposite of proper procedure,... More »

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investigation • FAA • plane crash • NTSB • Continental Airlines • airplane • pilots • Buffalo • Colgan Air

(Newser) - Continental Airlines said today it will begin cutting flights to Mexico on Monday because of the swine flu outbreak, the Houston Chronicle reports. The airline will cancel 180 of its 450 weekly flights and use smaller planes. As the number of confirmed cases in the US rose to 141 in... More »

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ANALYSIS

Aging Airlines Can't Catch Up to Younger Rivals

Recent changes haven't helped 'legacy' carriers

Apr 7, 09 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite many rounds of cost-cutting, so-called legacy airlines—United, Delta, US Airways—still face costs 35% higher than low-fare carriers like JetBlue and Southwest, the Wall Street Journal reports. The younger outfits have maintained a “cost gap” analysts thought their older peers could close over time. For one thing,... More »

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Delta Air Lines • JetBlue • Northwest Airlines • US Airways • United Airlines • Frontier Airlines • AirTran • Southwest Airlines • Continental Airlines • Air Canada • fuel costs • airlines • airplanes • low-fare carriers

 Pilot Error Likely 
 in Buffalo Crash 

Their training, experience is under scrutiny

Mar 25, 09 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pilot error, not icing, appears to have caused the Continental Airlines crash in Buffalo that killed 50 people Feb. 12, an investigation report released today states. When a warning device alerted pilots they were flying too slowly, they pulled the plane’s nose up—rather than down, as pilots are... More »

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(Newser) - Add this to the mix in the Buffalo plane crash: Southwest Airlines warned its pilots just weeks ago about a landing glitch involving the same runway the Continental flight was destined for, CNN reports. It seems an earthen dam near the runway interferes with signals in a so-called instruments landing,... More »

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Evidence Points to Pilot Error in Buffalo Crash

Investigation insiders say pilot commands, not ice, sent plane into deadly dive

Feb 18, 09 5:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Early examination of the evidence has led investigators to believe that pilot error rather than a buildup of ice was to blame for the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. Investigative insiders believe the captain incorrectly pulled back on the controls as the aircraft... More »

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Plane's Wreckage Removed to Beat Buffalo Snowstorm

NTSB investigators probing de-icing system, flying conditions

Feb 17, 09 2:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Crews are working to shift the wreckage of Continental Connection Flight 3407 from the crash site before a snowstorm hits, the Buffalo News reports. Half the wreckage has already been removed and five of the plane's six de-icing valves have been recovered. Investigators hope to determine whether the de-icing system,... More »

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(Newser) - Defying eyewitness accounts, investigators said today that Continental Flight 3407 landed flat, not nose-first, the Buffalo News reports. The plane's parts are lying "where they should be if an airplane was laying flat," said National Transportation Safety member Steven Chealander. The turboprop was also pointing away from its... More »

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 Vital Portraits 
 Are Sad Coda 
 to Plane Crash 

From various walks of life, victims forever united by fateful trip

Feb 14, 09 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - It was just last month that a plane crash was a cause for celebration, as relieved Americans hailed the miracle landing on the Hudson. But now, after Thursday’s fatal crash in a quiet New York hamlet, the portraits of 50 vibrant, varied lives snatched away on a cold, foggy... More »

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Buffalo Survivor Recounts 'Miracle' Escape From Home

Mother, daughter made it; father didn't

Feb 14, 09 9:48 AM CST
(Newser) - The plane slammed directly into their Buffalo home, but somehow Karen Wielinski and her daughter survived. “I heard a noise—planes do go over our house, but this just sounded very different,” Wielinski, 53, told WBEN radio. “The next thing I knew, the ceiling was on me.... More »

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(Newser) - The Continental turboprop plane that crashed last night near Buffalo, killing 50, was likely brought down by icing, MSNBC reports. The NTSB, which has recovered the cockpit voice recorder, said the crew talked about “significant ice buildup, ice on the windshield and wings” before crashing into a suburban neighborhood.... More »

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Carrier, Plane Had Clean Safety Record

Colgan Air has a clean flight record

Feb 13, 09 2:19 PM CST
(Newser) - The operator of the commuter flight that crashed near Buffalo and killed 50 people hadn’t had any major accidents on passenger flights in its 18-year history, the Houston Chronicle reports. Nor does the model of plane that crashed, the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turboprops, have a record of trouble.... More »

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updated

 50 Dead in Buffalo Plane Crash 

Continental Airlines commuter jet smashes into home after mechanical problems

Feb 12, 09 11:40 PM CST
(Newser) - A Continental Airlines commuter jet crashed into a house in a hamlet near Buffalo late last night, killing all 49 passengers and crew on board and one person on the ground, the Buffalo News reports. The crash caused a huge blaze that could be seen miles away. Officials say crew... More »

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 US Airline 
 Safety Record 
 Best Ever 

No fatal crashes for two years

Jan 12, 09 6:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Airline safety has improved so much that the chances of dying in an air crash are now less than being elected president, according to a safety expert. For the first time since jet travel began, not a single person died in a crash of a US carrier for two years,... More »

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Denver • airline safety • NTSB • Continental Airlines • fatalities • Air Transport Association • Flight 1404 • Flight Safety Foundation • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

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