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Bird Strike Sends Delta Flight Back To Phoenix Airport

AP | Posted 11.02.2009 | Home

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PHOENIX — Authorities say a Delta Air Lines flight headed to Utah has safely returned to Phoenix after one or more birds hit the aircraft. Fede...

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Feds Interview Northwest Pilots Who Overshot Minneapolis Airport

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Federal investigators interviewed the crew of the Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles on ...

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Study: Pilots On Fattiest Diets Perform Best

AP | DAVE KOLPACK | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Running a marathon, grab a carbohydrate bar. Lifting weights, gulp a protein shake. But climbing into a fighter jet? Butter-...

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NTSB: Controller Didn't Warn Plane In Hudson Collision

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York

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NEWARK, N.J. — An air traffic controller should have warned the pilot of a small plane about aircraft in its path before it collided with a sigh...

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Hudson Crash NTSB Report Wrong: Air Controllers

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 09.17.2009 | New York

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WASHINGTON — Federal safety officials investigating a midair collision over the Hudson River changed their account of the accident on a key poin...

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Captain Sully's One Regret

New York Daily News | Richard Sisk | Posted 07.11.2009 | Local

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WASHINGTON - Capt. Sully gave a wakeup call to the feds and the airlines Tuesday to combat the growing menace from the big birds that thrive around La...

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Not Fit to Fly

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Air Travel, Buffalo Plane Crash, Sleep Deprivation, Public Safety, Ntsb, Sleep, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

17 hours of sustained wakefulness leads to a decrease in performance equivalent to a blood alcohol-level of 0.05%. Too bad "sleepy driving" doesn't have the same buzz to it as "drunk driving."

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Wing and a Prayer: How Safe is My Next Regional Plane Flight?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

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Ben Sherwood

The recent pattern of airplane accidents doesn't look good for regional carriers: They were involved in seven of the last eight fatal commercial crashes in the US.

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Montana Plane Crash: Overloading Checked By NTSB

AP | JOAN LOWY and MATT GOURAS | Posted 04.23.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON — Speculation over the crash of a single-engine turboprop plane into a cemetery shifted to ice on the wings Monday after it became le...

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The Legacy of TWA Flight 800

Robert Davey | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

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Robert Davey

Whether the FAA has the nerve to impose a new expense of hundreds of thousands of dollars per aircraft remains to be seen. Whether the rule is necessary is another question.

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