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airplane stories: 110 news summaries

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Companies Fly to Unload Private Planes

Putting jets on block may be more about image than money

Jan 9, 09 3:01 PM CST
(Newser) - The business-jet industry couldn’t have asked for worse PR than members of Congress ripping auto executives for traveling by company plane to beg for taxpayer money. By the time the Big Three execs returned—by hybrid car—to Washington, the corporate jet was a symbol of bloated corporate excess,... More »

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Chrysler • Citigroup • General Motors • Ford • jet • airplane • US automakers • private jet • financial crisis

 Baby Born on 
 Transatlantic Flight 

Passengers cheer as Boston-bound flight gets an extra passenger

Jan 1, 09 7:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Passengers on a Boston-bound plane from Amsterdam got a New Year's surprise when a woman on board went into labor, the Boston Herald reports. Two doctors on the flight informed the pilot that the baby would come before the aircraft could make an emergency landing. Passengers cheered after the woman... More »

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flight • Northwest Airlines • baby • birth • plane • Uganda • airplane

2 Injured in Denver Plane Accident Out of Hospital

Pilot of aircraft that skidded off snowy runway among patients released

Dec 26, 08 5:55 PM CST
(AP) - A spokeswoman says the pilot of a Continental Airlines jetliner that veered off a runway in Denver has been released from a hospital, the AP reports. Continental's Kelly Cripe said today the plane's captain and one other person were released from the University of Colorado Hospital. Cripe wouldn't discuss the... More »

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plane crash • Continental Airlines • airplane • Denver International Airport

updated

Plane Veers Off Runway
in Denver; 38 Injured


Dec 20, 08 10:30 PM CST
(Newser) - A Continental jet at Denver's airport veered off a runway and into a ravine tonight, sending 38 people to local hospitals, the Denver Post reports. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening. The 737 jet, which had been trying to take off for Houston, caught fire on one side... More »

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Denver • runway • airport • winter • winter travel • airplane

McCain Plane Lands Safely
in NM After Mid-Air Scare

'Straight Talk Air' aborts landing due to runway traffic

Nov 4, 08 5:21 PM CST
(Newser) - On his way to Albuquerque to thank New Mexico volunteers for helping his campaign, John McCain had a little aerial excitement as his “Straight Talk Air” 737 abruptly aborted just before it landed, the Chicago Tribune reports. The plane then circled, staggered one way, then the other and finally... More »

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John McCain • Election Day • airplane • straight talk • Election 2008 • Albuquerque • campaign volunteers

 Wreckage 
 Spotted Near 
 Fossett Papers 

Ground team searching for site spotted from aircraft

Oct 2, 08 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - An aerial spotter has located what appears to be plane wreckage close to the place where a hiker found ID cards belonging to missing billionaire Steve Fossett, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. A team has been dispatched to do a ground search of the mountainous area in eastern California close... More »

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California • Nevada • Steve Fossett • aviator • missing person • airplane

 Cops Yank 
 Terror Suspects 
 off KLM Flight 

Two arrested onboard at Cologne airport

Sep 26, 08 4:56 AM CDT
(AP) - German police commandos may have averted a terrorist attack early today when they grabbed two suspects off an Amsterdam-bound flight before the plane took off from Cologne airport, reports AP. The pair had been under observation for months and a suicide note was found in their apartment saying they wanted... More »

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terrorism • Germany • terrorist • Cologne • hijacker • Air France KLM Group • airplane • suspected terrorists • plane hijacking

 Boeing Machinists
 on Strike

Action shuts down plane production

Sep 6, 08 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some 27,000 Boeing machinists launched a strike early this morning after failing to reach an agreement with the company on a new contract, reports Reuters. A boisterous crowd of more than 100 workers gathered near the entrance of Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington, whistling, honking and waving picket signs... More »

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Boeing • strike • airplane • airplanes • International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

3rd Spanair Flight Suffers Technical Problems

Issues force second diversion in 2 days for airline

Aug 25, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Technical issues forced Spanair to divert one of its jets today, the second consecutive day that’s happened for the Spanish airline rocked by last week’s deadly crash in Madrid, the AP reports. An MD-80 jet—the same series as Wednesday’s ill-fated aircraft—returned to Granada after communications... More »

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Spain • plane crash • Barcelona • Madrid • airplane • airlines • Spanair • Granada • Canary Islands

UPDATED

 149 Confirmed Dead
 in Spain Crash

Bodies too hot to touch after fiery disaster; 26 survive

Aug 20, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Spanish government confirms that 149 people died when a Spanair jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Madrid's airport today, the AP reports. Only 26 survived the horrific crash, which tore the aircraft apart to the point that rescue workers said the wreckage didn’t look like a plane and... More »

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Spain • plane crash • death toll • airplane • disaster • ambulance • Spanair

analysis

 It May Be 'Mayday!' 
  for Commercial Aviation 

Fuel prices, environmental concerns could make that cheap seat a luxury

Aug 13, 08 9:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The end of cheap oil means it’s “springtime for gloomy futurists,” Bradford Plumer writes in the New Republic, but we’re not headed for a Mad Max scenario just yet—unless you like cheap seats on airplanes. Jet fuel is approaching twice the price... More »

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oil • airline industry • migration • air travel • predicting the future • airplane

Airbus, Boeing Hindered
by Wait for Seats, Toilets

Overwhelmed small suppliers struggle to produce equipment on time

Aug 8, 08 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Production delays are plaguing Airbus and Boeing as the airplane manufacturers wait for simple supplies such as seats, toilets, and gallies for their new widebody jets, the Wall Street Journal reports. Small firms charged with making such supplies have been slowed as demand has soared. The interrupted production means higher... More »

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Boeing • airline industry • Airbus • Aircraft manufacturers • delay • jet • airplane

New England Soccer Team Subdues Passenger

He stripped naked on Boston-LA flight

Jul 19, 08 2:56 PM CDT
(AP) - An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped nude and later tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a professional soccer team and others, the FBI said. Members of the New England... More »

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 Fighter Jet Dazzles Airshow 

Overseas audiences meet the F-22 'Raptor'

Jul 14, 08 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Aviation experts were treated to a display of the world’s most advanced fighter jet at the kickoff of the Farnborough International Airshow today in England, Reuters reports. In its first international exhibition, the Lockheed Martin F-22 “Raptor” executed a dizzying array of flips, dips, and dives as it... More »

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flight • fighter jet • aviation • airplane • US Air Force • Farnborough Air Show

Today's Hitchhikers Fly by Cushy Private Jet

High society fliers take rides with friendly billionaires

Jul 12, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today’s brand of hitchhiker isn't on a street corner thumbing rides, but at airports that serve cushy private planes, the New York Times reports. Seeking the prestige and elation of flying in a $40 million jet, these riders reserve seats with friendly billionaires. “There are a lot... More »

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money • travel trends • luxury travel • airplane • private jet

6 Killed in Ohio When Fundraiser Flight Crashes

Flight was part of pancake breakfast

Jun 9, 08 5:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - A small plane flown by an 86-year-old former state legislator and World War II pilot crashed in Ohio yesterday, killing six people. The single-engine plane slammed into a residential area a few minutes after takeoff, CNN reports. The passengers were taking an aerial tour as part of Lions Club pancake... More »

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Ohio • plane crash • airplane

Airlines Mull Weighing Passengers

Budget-eating fuel costs have execs thinking 'exotically'

Jun 3, 08 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Desperate airliners are doing everything to cut fuel costs, scaling back on water and snacks—and adding a fee for overweight passengers could be next, analysts tell Bloomberg. "Nothing is beyond their imagination," one says of CEOs. "They have already begun to think exotically." Fuel costs,... More »

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air travel • gas prices • overweight • airplane • flying

 Honduras Plane Crash Kills 4 

TACA jet overshot the runway and crashed into city street

May 31, 08 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A passenger plane overshot a runway and crashed into a busy street in the Honduran capital yesterday, reports the AP, killing the pilot, two passengers, and a taxi driver. Some 65 others were injured. The Miami-bound Airbus ran out of runway in wet conditions. Tegucigalpa's main airport, considered by pilots... More »

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Airbus • plane crash • aviation • Central America • Honduras • airplane

 Self-Fixing Plane in the Works 

Self-repairing process mimics the way human body heals

May 28, 08 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - British aerospace engineers are working on technology that could create self-repairing aircraft, Gizmag reports. In a technique very much like nature's healing process, resin would "bleed" out of damaged parts of the plane and harden, making a damaged aircraft strong enough to continue to fly until it could be... More »

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aerospace • plastic • Boeing 787 Dreamliner • aviation • aircraft • engineering • airplane • invention

 Yes On Phones,
 No On Talking: Poll 

Passengers would use cell's silent features, don't want neighbor yammering in their ear

May 23, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans want wireless service on airplanes, but not voice calls, PC World reports. A survey finds 60% would use silent features like texting and email, but 74% think that no matter what, conversations shouldn’t be allowed. Americans "don't want to be forced to listen to the conversation... More »

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cell phones • email • privacy • wireless service • texting • airplane • inflight

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