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Boeing Employee Run Over by 787 Landing Gear
A Boeing employee became trapped under the landing gear of a 787 Dreamliner as it was being towed at Paine Field on Friday night.
Pentagon’s Biggest Air Transport Contractor Files for Bankruptcy [Updated]
Global Aviation Holdings, owner of charter carriers World Airways and North American Airlines, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday evening. Global says operations will continue without interruption.
Why Can’t Airlines Just Add Extra Room?
I recently saw a comment that referenced a seat being too small. “If planes were just one foot wider, seats could be as wide as first class. Would that kill Boeing or Airbus?”
Yankees Pitcher Corey Lidle Crashes Plane Into City Building
A small plane flown by New York Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle crashed into a 50-story apartment building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan at around 2:40pm today, killing both on board the plane.
WestJet Launches Codeshare With British Airways
The deal allows British Airways to sell WestJet-operated flights out of Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto to Ottawa, Edmonton and Victoria.