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Continental Loses Two Kids in Three Days
It has been a rough few days for unaccompanied little girls flying Continental, and downright scary for their anxious parents. On Saturday, a girl bound for Charlotte ended up in Arkansas, and on Monday a girl on her way to Cle...
Airbus Breaks Ground in Alabama For A320 Family Final Assembly Line
Airbus on Monday held a ground breaking ceremony at the site of their future A320 family final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, signaling the start of construction of their first production facility in the Americas. The facili...
Touch N’ Go: Plane Crash in Wichita, Woman Behind the Voice at 200 Airports, Turnaround Timelapse
(Touch N’ Go is a collection of our favorite AvGeek news, pictures, videos, tweets & more from the day.) AvNews: ✈ Plane Crashes into Building at Wichita Midcontinent Airport [NYCAviation] ✈ Lufthansa eyes lon...
New York Cops Able to Shoot Down a Plane Says Commissioner
In a television interview first aired on Sunday, New York City Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly said that his department would have the ability to shoot down a plane if needed.
The Why, How and Where of Flight Diversions
While diversions do happen frequently, the decision to land a plane perhaps hundreds or thousands of miles from its destination is not taken lightly. A look at why planes divert and how pilots, dispatchers and managers choose w...