News tagged with 'Airline Industry'

For more than six years, the FAA has been told to order major airlines to fix the faulty window heaters aboard Boeing aircraft that spark fires and force emergency landings. The order may finally come next month.

Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 from Nashville to Baltimore had to make an emergency landing in West Virginia after a hole opened up in the rear fuselage of the plane. No one was injured but all 187 of the jets in its flight will undergo an inspection.  

A new report published in the Annals of Internal Medicine warns travelers about the importance of knowing the symptoms of venous thromboembolism and staying hydrated and mobile while traveling to prevent the condition from developing on long trips.

When procedures are properly followed, unaccompanied minors arrive at their chosen destination. But that wasn't the case last weekend when two unaccompanied girls were placed on wrong Continental Flights within two days.

Alisa Brodkowitz, an InjuryBoard member, who specializes in aviation law, has filed a petition asking the court to compel Southwest Airlines to tell her clients more about the chemicals they were exposed too during a Southwest flight that caused them to become seriously ill.

Continental Airplane Commuter Flight 3407 that crashed three days ago in Buffalo, New York, appeared to be flying normally until just 26 seconds before it came down, said the National Transportation Safety Board.

Friday was a somber day as family and friends remembered the victims of the crash of Continental Flight 3407.

A Continental Airlines commuter plane crashed into a house in Buffalo, New York late last night. The crash killed 44 passengers, 4 crew members and one person on the ground, in the home.

The accolades to US Airways pilot Sullenberger mask the fact that pilots nationwide have been taking pay cuts and retirement concessions as the industry tries to save itself. You might be surprised the salary of pilots today.

Two passengers on the Continental Airlines jet that veered off a Denver runway last month have become the first to sue the airline over the crash. The civil suit alleges the pilot of Flight 1404 negligently aborted the flight shortly after takeoff, crashing into a nearby ravine, where it caught fire.

Runway accidents, particularly landing, make up the bulk of airline accidents, such as the Continental near-disaster in Denver.  During the last 20 years, 96 percent of airline accidents involved runway excursions, the industry reports. Safety features are being put into place to make passengers safer.