AIRES Jet Carrying 131 Crashes and Breaks Up at Colombian Airport; Only One Passenger Killed
A Boeing 737-700 belonging to Colombian airline AIRES crashed at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport on the Colombian island of San Andres on Monday, breaking into pieces and killing one passenger.
World’s Biggest Trade-In? Boeing Buys Five Airbuses to Seal China Eastern 777 Deal
Boeing has agreed to buy five Airbus A340 jets from China Eastern Airlines as part of a deal that will send 20 new Boeing 777s to China.
Weekend Wrap: Air France 447 Computers Probed, Billy Mays Death Possibly Aircraft Related, Lufthansa Committed to 747-8
Air France 447 investigators focus on computer failures in crash. Did Billy Mays die as a result of a hard landing at Tampa? Airlines having difficult securing financing for new planes.
Video and Photos of Qantas 747 Uncontained Engine Failure
A passenger captured video of sparks pouring out the back of a Qantas 747's number 4 engine after it failed near San Francisco Monday night.
On This Day in Aviation History: February 1st
Today marks the anniversaries of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, UAL's emergence from bankruptcy, Boeing's decision to discontinue the 727 and more...