"Fly By Wire": New Book Suggests That Sully Wasn't So Amazing
Mr. Sullenberger made a good choice to land on the Hudson. But his actual control of Flight 1549, Mr. Langewiesche writes, was "less reflective of unu...
Mr. Sullenberger made a good choice to land on the Hudson. But his actual control of Flight 1549, Mr. Langewiesche writes, was "less reflective of unu...
Keith Thomson | Posted 11.06.2009 | Technology
Area 51 is heard in the same breath as Roswell, Amityville and Loch Ness. But now, with the CIA's declassification of aircraft testing there, we can finally know the truth.
Posted 11.05.2009 | Books
On a recent trip to Egypt for talks with the Egyptian President, Foreign Minister, and Intelligence Chief, Hillary Clinton was spotted, as seen on Lau...
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living
If you learned upon landing that your plane's pilots had overshot the airport by 150 miles because they fell asleep at the controls, what would you feel?
Yahoo! News | Posted 10.25.2009 | Green
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Friday it would approve biofuels for commercial flights by 2010 in a bid to drastically reduce...
DailyFinance | Bruce Watson | Posted 10.24.2009 | Business
On Wednesday night, Northwest Airlines (DAL) Flight 188, an Airbus A-320, overshot its destination by 150 miles before the pilots re-established conta...
Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green
Though air travel is unavoidable at times, there are a few things responsible travelers can do to make flights greener.
AP | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home
LOS ANGELES — Officials say there is no threat aboard a United Airlines aircraft that was cleared of passengers and searched in Los Angeles afte...
Harrison Ford | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green
Team Earth is issuing an urgent, immediate challenge by teaming up with the Prince's Rainforest Project to call for swift action and funding to reduce tropical deforestation.
Ali Delforoush | Posted 09.05.2009 | World
Until politicians in Washington take a closer look at the unintended consequences of our Iran policy, it is the people of Iran who will suffer the most.
Huffington Post | Posted 08.21.2009 | World
In the tradition of Frank Abagnale Jr., an autistic teenager from the United Kingdom convinced British airline executives that he was one of them, and...
Robert Rosenthal | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living
Planes these days stink. They never smelled too good to begin with, but now it's worse now than ever -- by virtually eliminating food on flights, airlines have created ethnic food warfare at 36,000 feet.
Terry Gardner | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living
Last Thursday on a night flight back from Maui to Los Angeles, it happened again. This must have been the sixth or seventh time a married woman reque...
Karen Leland | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living
If you feel like you're still recovering from last year's summer travel season - made memorable by incredibly long lines at the airport, long delays ...
Laura Trice | Posted 05.13.2009 | Living
The key to eating well when traveling is to plan ahead, know what you want, and prepare.
AP | Posted 03.22.2009 | Business
PARIS — European jet maker Airbus said Thursday it will cut production of its A320 family of short and medium-range commercial passenger aircraf...
Keith Thomson | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living
The drive-to-the-airport axiom needs a re-write. Here's a suggestion -- you're more likely to be killed on the drive to the airport than on a flight on an airline with a good safety record.
The Telegraph | Jon Swaine | Posted 03.16.2009 | World
Scandinavian Airlines ditched their Bombardier Dash-8 Q400s after two non-fatal crash landings within days in September 2007. ...
Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.12.2009 | Business
It all started with the Big Three Detroit automakers, when they took corporate jets to Washington to plead for a taxpayer bailout. But now, as pro...
Mallika Chopra | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living
Whether it is an illness, foreclosure, or a messy divorce, there are many difficult life challenges that all of us and our loved ones will one day have to face.
ABC/Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business
According to a report from ABC News, President Obama is not taking kindly to corporate greed, especially when it's funded by taxpayer money. Read more...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business
The New York Post's Jennifer Keil and Chuck Bennett reported in Monday's paper that Citigroup, which has received $45 billion in government bailout fu...
Danny Groner | Posted 02.19.2009 | Media
The photographs taken at the site of the Hudson crash may be the best proof yet that citizen journalism is not only essential, but is here to stay.
Jeff Danziger | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics
The New York Times | DWIGHT GARNER | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books