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Two American Airlines MD-80s parked at the gate in Nashville. (Photo by Matt Molnar)

American Airlines Unions Back US Airways Takeover

All three unions representing American Airlines employees have agreed to back a merger with US Airways.
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The Scimitar and its distant British and French cousin, Concorde. (Photo by Matt Molnar/NYCAviation)

Intrepid Museum Unloads Three Warplanes to Clear Room for Space Shuttle Enterprise

The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum purged three planes from its collection on Wednesday — a Royal Navy Supermarine Scimitar, a US Marine Corps Douglas F3D Skyknight, and a North Korean Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15.
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Damaged fan blades are visible in Delta 1063's right engine. (Photo by Grant Cardone, via Twitter)

Delta Flight Makes Emergency Landing in New York After Bird Strike Destroys Engine [with Air Traffic Control Audio]

A Delta Air Lines flight made an emergency landing in New York Thursday afternoon when it suffered a bird strike and the cabin filled with smoke, according to passengers.
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Cessna 421 Golden Eagle (N48DL) that went down in the Gulf of Mexico on April 19, seen here on a brighter day at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. (Photo by Daniel Compton)

Gulf of Mexico Plane Crash May Have Been Caused by Pressurization Problems, Early Evidence Indicates

While it will take months or years to find a definitive cause of the crash of the Cessna 421 that went down in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, initial evidence may indicate that the pilot lost consciousness due to pressurizatio...
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Flight path of the twin-engine Cessna 421, N48DL. (Map by FlightAware.com)

Unconscious Pilot at Controls of Plane Over Gulf of Mexico

Two F-15 pilots Thursday morning discovered that the pilot of a plane flying aimlessly over the Gulf of Mexico was apparently unconscious.
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