Archive for January, 2011
 

 

On This Day in Aviation History: January 31st

“Ham the Chimp” heads into sub-orbit in 1961, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes in 2000, the near-collision of two widebody JAL jets in 2001, the launch of Apollo 14 and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.

 
 

Mexican Police Make $26 Million Drug Find in Aeromexico Baggage Enroute to Tijuana

Around 80 kilograms (176 pounds) of heroin and crystal meth were seized at Guadalajara's International Airport officials said Sunday.
by BNO News
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Small Plane Crash in Southern Ohio Injures Two

A small airplane crashed Sunday near the Lawrence County Airpark in Chesapeake, Ohio, injuring the pilot and a passenger, local media reported.
by BNO News
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Moscow Airport Bomber Identified by Russian Authorities

Russian investigators said on Saturday that the attack at Moscow's Domodedovo airport was carried out by a resident of Russia's North Caucasus region and was aimed primarily at foreigners, RIA Novosti reported.
by BNO News
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On This Day in Aviation History: January 30th

United’s 747SP “Friendship One” sets an around-the-world record, the crashes of Kenya Airlines 431, Pan Am 806, and disappearances of a Varig 707F and a British Tudor, and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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