Air France Crash

Air France 447: A Cockpit China Syndrome

John T. Halliday | Posted 10.01.2009 | Technology


John T. Halliday

My conclusions about the causes of the Air France 447 tragedy have been shaped not just by my decades as an international airline captain and cockpit computer analyst, but by learning from world-class experts. Here are a few of their voices.

Air France 447: A Cockpit China Syndrome

John T. Halliday | Posted 09.25.2009 | Technology


John T. Halliday

You feel silly; you Googled the odds of dying in a plane crash: one in thirteen million. You'll take those. But then again, pilots don't call these 'Scarebuses' for nothing.

Air France Plane Hits Congo Building With No Injuries

AP | LEON MOUKOURI | Posted 08.30.2009 | World


BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo — An Air France Airbus 330 carrying 168 passengers hit a building after landing in Congo's capital, but no one wa...

Air France Crash Bodies Show Fractures: Brazil

AP | STAN LEHMAN and EMMA VANDORE | Posted 07.18.2009 | World


SAO PAULO — Autopsies have revealed fractures in the legs, hips and arms of Air France disaster victims, injuries that _ along with the large pi...

Air France Speed Sensors Arrived Days Before Crash

Bloomberg | Posted 07.12.2009 | World


Air France received a delivery of new speed sensors for its Airbus SAS A330 planes just days before 228 people died in a crash that may have been trig...

Air France Crash: Submarine Arrives At Scene To Hunt Black Boxes

AP | MARCO SIBAJA and EMMA VANDORE | Posted 07.11.2009 | World


RECIFE, Brazil — The urgent hunt for the black boxes of Air France Flight 447 received a boost Wednesday _ a French nuclear submarine scoured th...

Air France Tail Found; Hunt For Black Boxes Continues With US Help

AP | MARCO SIBAJA and BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 07.09.2009 | World


RECIFE, Brazil — Search crews recovered the vertical stabilizer from the tail section of an Air France airliner that went down in the Atlantic, ...

Bodies Found Near Air France Crash Site: Brazil

AP | MARCO SIBAJA and EMMA VANDORE | Posted 07.07.2009 | World


RECIFE, Brazil — Searchers found two passengers' bodies and a briefcase containing an Air France Flight 447 ticket in the Atlantic Ocean near wh...

Travelers Who Missed Air France Flight Speak

AP | GREG KELLER | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


PARIS — A reservation mix-up, an overbooking and a Brazilian cabbie's passion for soccer are all that saved some would-be passengers on Air Fran...

World In Photos: June 1, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 07.02.2009 | World


Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...