On This Day in Aviation History: April 3rd
ATA files for bankruptcy, US Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown is killed in a US Air Force plane crash, Pan Am founder Juan Trippe dies, and more...
United Nations Plane Crash in Bolivia Kills 6
Six people were killed on Thursday when a Bolivian Air Force plane carrying United Nations staff members crashed northeast of the capital of La Paz, the UN confirmed on Saturday.
Investigators Begin Analyzing Boeing 787 Black Box
US and Japanese officials Saturday began analysing the black box of the 787 plane forced into an emergency landing this week.
On This Day in Aviation History: May 5th
Cinco de Mayo is a busy day in aviation: Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space, Eastern Flight 855 narrowly averts near Miami, two unrelated hijackings on the same day in 1972, the merger of Air France with KLM and m...
United Airlines Places A350 and 787 Orders
United Airlines announced today that they have placed firm orders for 25 Airbus A350XWBs and 25 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, in addition to 50 options for 50 additional of each type in the future.