The 258 passengers who boarded American Airlines Flight 191 at O’Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979, were traveling for a variety of reasons. Some, who attended work meetings in Chicago, were rushing back to California before Memorial Day weekend. Others were excited to get to Los Angeles — the flight’s terminus — to attend… Read More »
A United Airlines flight from Canada to the U.S. was investigated on Friday after dozens of passengers fell ill for an unspecified reason United Flight 1528 from Vancouver to Houston, Texas, landed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on May 31. United Airlines told Fox Business that the flight was carrying 163 passengers and 6 crew… Read More »
The Labor Department is reviewing United Airlines’ leave policies after the carrier implemented stricter measures to crack down on employees abusing sick time. “Through numerous recent inquiries from workers, the Wage and Hour Division has become aware of a possible change in United Airlines’ leave policies,” said Jessica Looman, the Labor Department’s wage and hour… Read More »
Hello, Class of 2024! It’s an incredible feeling to be here with you. I am so excited to join you today. Really, you have no idea how excited I am. Keep in mind, this is literally the second time I have ever set foot on a college campus. Second time ever. But for some reason,… Read More »
On November 12, 2001, American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into Belle Harbour in New York’s Queens district. A horror plane crash killing 265 passengers, and five people on the ground, happened just weeks after 9/11 in an already high-alert New York City. After a lengthy investigation into how it happened, the plane’s cockpit recording unveiled… Read More »
One weekend in June two years ago, my friends Le’Annka, Nia and I were set to fly from Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas, to Long Island, just over 200 miles away. But our reservation got cancelled. We rebooked – that was also cancelled. We then chose to charter a plane. I was apprehensive –… Read More »
TRENTON, Maine — The Federal Aviation Administration confirms to Maine’s Total Coverage that a small plane crashed at the Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport in Trenton Thursday. The FAA said a single-engine Cirrus SR22 crashed while trying to land at about 12:25 p.m. Thursday. The plane was arriving from the Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey.… Read More »
VIENNA, Ohio (AP) — A small plane trying to make an emergency landing at an airport in northeastern Ohio crashed, killing all three people aboard, authorities said. The twin-engine Beechcraft 60 went down near the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Ohio at about 6:45 p.m. Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday. Trevena said it appeared… Read More »
A 26-year-old pilot with dreams of flying for commercial airlines died in a skydiving flight over the weekend when her small plane crashed near the Niagara Falls after her passengers jumped from the aircraft. Melanie Georger, 26, was the only person onboard when her single-engine Cessna crashed on Saturday, the Niagara county, New York, sheriff’s… Read More »
A plane trying to make an emergency landing at an airport in northeastern Ohio crashed, killing all three people aboard, authorities said. The twin-engine Beechcraft 60 went down near the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Ohio at about 6:45 p.m. Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday. The Ohio State Highway Patrol post in Trumbull County,… Read More »
An airport chief said the Nepal crash “happened as soon as it left the ground, in not even a minute” A pilot was the sole survivor of a plane crash in Nepal’s capital city, Kathmandu. On the morning of Wednesday, July 24, a plane carrying mostly Saurya Airlines company employees crashed when it caught fire… Read More »
Atlanta CNN — Five members of a Georgia family died in a plane crash in upstate New York, state police said in a news release Monday. Roger Beggs, 76; Laura Van Epps, 43; Ryan Van Epps, 42; James R. Van Epps, 12; and Harrison Van Epps, 10, were all returning to Georgia from Cooperstown, New… Read More »