New York-bound United Flight Returns to Gate at LAX After “Suspicious” Passenger Activity
Two Middle Eastern men were removed from a JFK Airport-bound flight on Monday morning after one of them made a pre-takeoff bathroom run.
DHL Cargo Plane Crashes Into Sea Off Gabon, No Fatalities
An Antonov An-26 cargo plane operating for DHL Express crashed into the sea off the African nation of Gabon late Monday morning, the company said, but there were no fatalities.
Researching Weather and Climate Change at 35,000ft
Over 40 years ago, airliners started being used to collect high altitude air samples for climate research. Today that research continues, and has been expanded to improve weather forecasting and also better understand the effec...
Southwest Half-Price Sale Leads to Website Meltdown, Multiple Charges
Hundreds of Southwest Airlines customers who were billed dozens of times when booking a flight to take advantage of a 50%-off promotion.
OPINION: What Makes a Great-Looking Jetliner?
“Aesthetically it’s no 747, but it’s a handsome plane,” I wrote of the 787 previously in a column. “Confident in a way not unlike its older and smaller sibling, the 757.”