Airplane Crash

Off-Duty Pilot Who Helped Crippled Jet Make Impossible Landing Dies

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.10.2012

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CHICAGO -- Airline pilot Denny Fitch was hitching a ride home on a DC-10 in 1989 when heard an explosion somewhere in the back of the jet. He soon mad...

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How Panic Doomed Air France Flight 447

Jeff Wise | Posted 02.07.2012

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Jeff Wise

How, in the age of satellite navigation and instantaneous global communication, could a state-of-the art airliner simply vanish?

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Plane Crash Over Argentina's Patagonia Leaves No Survivors

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 07.18.2011

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A turboprop plane carrying 22 people crashed and exploded in Argentina's southern Patagonia region, killing all on boa...

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Park Slope Airplane Disaster 50 Years Later

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Fifty years ago, two commercial airliners collided one mile above New York City, raining down destruction on a busy Brooklyn neighbor...

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Father's Book Survives Plane Crash, Son Opens Bookstore

wkyt.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Everyday could be your last day, accidents happen and it is kind of a wake up call to stop screwing around and stop talking about what you want to do...

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Sole Survivor: How Often Does Only One Person Survive a Plane Crash?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben Sherwood

An eight year old Dutch boy appears to have been the sole survivor of a deadly plane crash this morning at Tripoli Airport in Libya. How often is there a sole survivor?

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AIRBUS A330 AIRCRAFT Altitude And Speed Indicator Investigation Underway

The Post Chronicle | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. aviation safety investigators are looking into possible anomalies with air speed and altitude indicators on two Airbus A330 jetliners, officials ...

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Flight Check: What Are the Chances I'll Die on My Next Plane Trip?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011

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Ben Sherwood

In the US, you could fly every day for the next 164,000 years on average before you would perish in a crash.

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The Wrong (and Right) Lessons of the Continental Plane Crash

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben Sherwood

After listening to the news from Buffalo, we're likely to conclude there's nothing we can do in a plane crash so even why bother trying. That's understandable, but potentially fatal.

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The Difference Between First Class And Coach

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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When a US Airways jetliner crashed into the Hudson River last month, everyone survived. More than 150 passengers and crew members got into boats befor...

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Danziger Cartoons: Hudson River Crash

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hudson River Plane Crash: Video Of Other Plane Crashes, Photos, Map

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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A US Airways jetliner crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after a flock of birds apparently disabled both its engines. Rescuers pulled...

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