Audio and Transcript: JetBlue Pilot Pleads for Help from Bradley Airport Control Tower
Exchanges between the pilots of a stranded JetBlue airliner and air traffic controllers at Bradley International Airport reveal the desperation felt on the plane's flight deck and a sense that JetBlue management did little to h...
October 17th in Aviation History
British Airways and Air France win their suit to allow Concorde to serve New York and the first US Navy aircraft carrier takeoff.
Comair Jet Crashes Off of Wrong Runway: August 27th in Aviation History
Today in 1910, air-to-ground radio transmission is born; 1913, the first loop-the-loop maneuver is performed; in 1939, the jet age begins with the first flight of the Heinkel 178; 2006, Comair 5191 crashes in Lexington, Kentucky.
Judge Approves AMR Exit from Bankruptcy
In a New York City courtroom Wednesday morning, a Federal Bankruptcy judge cleared American Airlines parent AMR to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The judge's actions cleared all remaining legal obstacles to the merger of US...
Steven Slater Sentenced to Probation Over Infamous JetBlue Meltdown
Former JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater was sentenced to one year of probation on Wednesday after completing a year of court-ordered counseling and substance abuse.