A Silk Ways Airlines Ilyushin IL-76 ferrying supplies from Azerbaijan to the main U.S./NATO airbase in Afghanistan crashed Tuesday night, killing all nine people on board.
TAM Airlines Flight 3317 was departing for Sao Paulo when the cowling doors gave way on its left-hand CFM56 engine. At least one of the doors proceeded to fly into the side of the fuselage.
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We sat down with Virgin America President and CEO David Cush to chat about the airline's recent IT meltdown, their reputation for raucous route launches and how many people really use in-flight WiFi.