Brazil’s TAM Airlines to Merge with Chile’s LAN Airlines: Reports
A Brazilian business magazine reported Friday afternoon that Sao Paulo-based TAM Airlines has reached a merger agreement with LAN Airlines of Chile.
Henan Airlines Jet Skids Off Runway in Northeast China, 42 Killed
Forty-two people were killed and 49 injured when a passenger plane overshot the runway at an airport in northeast China on Tuesday evening, state media reported.
Air France and Airbus Charged with Manslaughter in Flight 447 Crash
Air France on Friday was charged with manslaughter, just one day after Airbus was charged with the same offense, for the 2009 crash in the Atlantic Ocean that killed all 228 people on board.
Top 10 Posts of the Week: Shuttle Enterprise Pics, Inside Lufthansa’s New 747-8 and More
Photos of Space Shuttle Enterprise landing in New York plus pics of the first Lufthansa Boeing 747-8I beat out the TSA finding landmines in a woman's luggage.
April 11th in Aviation History: World’s Youngest Pilot Dies in Plane Crash, China Releases US Navy Airmen
Seven-year-old "pilot" Jessica Dubroff is killed in a plane crash, Apollo 13 launches, Air India's Kashmir Princess is bombed, and more...