Sullivan County plane crashes in Ohio leaving no survivors

August 10th, 2011 | Other accidents

A plane that took off from Sullivan County Airport crashes leaving three people dead. Read More

NTSB Joins Probe of Boston Airport Collision

July 18th, 2011 | Aviation accident

A collision between two airliners on a taxiway at Logan International Airport is now considered serious enough for National Transportation Safety Board investigators to get involved. Read More

Ohio plane crash kills two physicians from Franklin Lakes

June 20th, 2011 | Other accidents

A well-known neurosurgeon from Franklin Lakes and his wife — also a doctor — died Sunday after a small plane crashed into a cornfield and caught fire near the end of a runway at Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, authorities said. Read more. 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

Alaska Airlines replaces pilot manuals with iPads

June 9th, 2011 | Aviation accident

June 9, 2011 LOS ANGELES — As part of his daily routine for the last 15 years, Alaska Airlines pilot Randy Kleiger hauled his 40-pound airline manuals onto his jet, using them to check everything from routing information and company policies to airport parking. But the 1,000-plus pages of paper are soon to be history,… Read More