7 Survive WWII Bomber Plane Crash in Chicago

June 13th, 2011 | Other accidents

June 13, 2011 Seven people survived after a B-17 bomber dating back to WWII crash-landed in a cornfield in the far western suburbs of Chicago on Monday morning. All seven people aboard the vintage plane survived, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory. Only one person was injured and treated at Rush-Copley Medical Center. The… Read More

Alaska Airlines and JetBlue Earn Highest Customer Satisfaction Ratings

June 10th, 2011 | Aviation accident

June 10, 2011 A new study finds that customers’ satisfaction with airlines is improving while their dissatisfaction with fees continues to grow. The J.D. Power and Associates 2011 North America Airline Satisfaction Study found that in 2011 overall customer satisfaction with airlines improved to an average of 683 on a 1,000-point scale; that’s up 10… Read More

Air France Crash Proves More Pilot Training Needed

June 3rd, 2011 | Aviation articles

June 3, 2011 Answers about the cause of Air France Flight 447’s June 2009 crash have surfaced right along with the plane’s wreckage. Though the plane’s speed sensors iced over, French investigators say the pilots made things worse–causing the plane to enter an aerodynamic stall by jerking the nose of the plane upward instead of… Read More

10 Die When Plane Crashes into Houses in Northern India

May 27th, 2011 | Other accidents

May 27, 2011 A plane crash in the Faridabad district of Northern India claimed the lives of seven people on board, as well as three people on the ground late Wednesday. The plane, a Palitus PC-12, plummeted into two houses and burst into flames that could be spotted from over a mile away. The plane… Read More

Plane Crash in Western North Carolina Claims at Least 3 Lives

May 26th, 2011 | Other accidents

May 26, 2011 A twin-engine Beech Baron 58 aircraft crashed into mountainous western North Carolina on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least one person. Crews are still searching the rough terrain in Unaka, North Carolina—about 125 miles west of Asheville—for additional bodies. The first body was found by rescuers on foot after the plane’s smoking wreckage… Read More