DALLAS (AP) — As a Delta Air Lines jet began roaring down the runway, an air traffic controller at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport suddenly shouted profanities and ordered the pilots to halt their takeoff moves. The controller saw an American Airlines plane mistakenly cross the same runway and enter the path of… Read More »
SEATTLE (AP) — Former Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took the iconic “Earthrise” photograph in 1968 that showed the planet as a shadowy blue marble from space, died Friday when the plane he was piloting alone crashed into offshore waters. San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90 years old. His son, retired… Read More »
SEATTLE (AP) — William AndersThe former Apollo 8 astronaut, who took the iconic “Earthrise” photograph in 1968, showing the planet as a shadowy blue marble from space, died Friday when the plane he was piloting alone crashed into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90 years old. His son,… Read More »
Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who was one of the first people to orbit the moon and took the iconic first photo of the Earth rising above the lunar surface, died Friday when a plane he was piloting crashed ashore near the San Juan Islands. Washington state. He was 90 years old. The Federal Aviation… Read More »
One passenger died and 30 others were injured on a Singapore Airlines flight that hit “severe turbulence”, authorities said Tuesday, but experts say such deaths are rare, even as researchers warn climate change could cause more extreme cases of turbulence. The National Transportation Safety Board said that since 2009, the United States has not had… Read More »
The iPhone was lying on the ground in airplane mode, with its battery half-charged. The fully intact screen showed a $70 receipt for two checked bags for Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. A social media user named Sean Bates found the device while walking on Barnes Road near Highway 217 in Portland, Oregon, and posted it… Read More »
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — Alaska Airlines once again grounded all of its Boeing 737 Max 9 jet planes on Sunday after federal officials said more maintenance might be needed to prevent another in-flight explosion that damaged one of the planes. Again. The airline had returned 18 of its 65 737 Max 9 planes to service… Read More »
More than 170 Boeing passenger planes have been grounded after a refrigerator-sized hole opened up in a plane during flight. Phones, magazines and even a child’s shirt were pulled from Alaska Airlines service from Oregon to California on Friday, sparking concerns about the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft used by commercial airlines around the world.… Read More »