“The Why” Behind Accidental Door Slide Deployments
An Emergency Slide Inflated into the Cabin of a United Airlines 737. What Went Wrong? Plus: Evacuation Etiquette, and Everything You Need to Know About Doors.
Las Vegas Set to Celebrate New Terminal at McCarran Airport
This summer McCarran Airport will will cut the ribbon on its new $2.4 billion Terminal 3.
Poland to Launch its Own Investigation of President Kaczynski Plane Crash
Poland has announced that it will conduct its own probe to determine the causes of last year's plane crash in Russia, which killed 96 people including Polish President Lech Kaczynski.
British Airways and Iberia Have the Urge to Merge
A 13-year love affair between two of Europe's largest flag carriers was finally consumated today, as British Airways and Iberia signed a formal deal to combine their businesses.
On This Day in Aviation History: October 1st
Concorde breaks the sound barrier, West Coast Airlines Flight 956 becomes the first fatal DC-9 crash, NASA is born, and the F-86 and XP-59 take their first flights.