Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 
An Air Canada Boeing 767-300ER (C-GEOQ) seen lifting off from Montreal (left: Photo by Gordon Gebert Jr.). A radar image of Venus from the Magellan spacecraft. (right: Image by NASA)

Drowsy Air Canada Pilot Dives Plane to Avoid Hitting Venus: Yup, the Planet

It's not often that the pilots of earth-based vehicles are forced to make risky, evasive maneuvers to avoid colliding with other worlds, but that's exactly what an Air Canada pilot did last year, a government investigation has ...
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Overbooking, Bumping, Removal, Regional Airlines, and Your Rights

After United appeared in the news for the "dragging" removal of a passenger, many are asking what bumping, overbooking and passenger rights are.
by Phil Derner Jr.
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StarFlyer's first directly purchased Airbus A320 (JA08MC). (Photo by Airbus)

StarFlyer’s First Factory Fresh Airbus A320 Is Black And Beautiful

In late December, Japan's StarFlyer took delivery of its first directly purchased Airbus.
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The Post-Deregulation Skies: Don’t Call it a Comeback

The recent trend of airline consolidation has taken away the large variety of airlines we've grown accustomed to seeing over the years. We take a look back at some airlines that were "second acts" of carriers that failed during...
by Gabe Andino
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Silver Airways Beechcraft 1900D (N81533) spotted at Billings, Montana. (Photo by redlegsfan21 via Flickr)

United Commuter Plane Lands at Wrong Airport in West Virginia

Pilot error appeared to be to blame when a plane flying a new route on behalf of United Airlines landed at the wrong airport Tuesday night.
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