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United Adds Bed-Seats on 182 Planes

Kevin Spak — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:51:45 CDT

If you're heading across the Atlantic—and you're flying first class—United Airlines wants to make your inevitable nap more comfortable. The airline will now offer seats that can lie completely flat in premium cabins on all its long-haul international flights out of New York, USA Today reports. The new...

2 Men Arrested Over Flight 'Endangerment'

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:35:45 CDT

British police say two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a civilian plane flying from Pakistan to England. A jet was launched to divert the Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 passengers to Britain's Stansted Airport today. It was originally...

Sole Survivor of 1987 Plane Crash Breaks Silence

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:00 CDT

Cecelia Crocker's body provides her with a constant reminder of the most traumatic event of her life—one that she doesn't otherwise remember. At only 4 years old, Crocker was the lone survivor of the 1987 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crash that killed 154 people aboard, including Crocker's parents and...

Pilot's Bathroom Break Forces Landing

Ruth Brown — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:29:34 CDT

A sillier reason to ground a plane than a woman singing Whitney Houston songs ? How about the pilot locking himself out of the cockpit? An Air India flight was forced to divert and land after a pilot went for a bathroom break ... and couldn't get back to his seat,...

Plane Forced Down By Bad Singing

Rob Quinn — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:03:00 CDT

A Los Angeles to New York City flight was forced to make an emergency stop in Kansas City thanks to a different kind of "atmospheric disturbance"—an unruly passenger who refused to stop singing Whitney Houston songs. The woman, who belted out "I Will Always Love You" even as she...

Carnival Doubts Couple Went Overboard by Accident

Kevin Spak — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:09:37 CDT

Police have called off the search for the two Carnival Cruise patrons who went over the side two days ago, after failing to find any trace of the couple. Details about the fate of Paul Rossington, 30, and Kristen Schroder, 27, are slowly emerging. According to one report, cited in...

2 Fall Into Shark-Infested Waters on Carnival Cruise

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:00:00 CDT

Two Carnival Cruise passengers are believed to have fallen overboard last night, and authorities are today searching 300 square nautical miles off Australia's east coast in hopes of finding them. The Australian couple were discovered missing as passengers disembarked this morning after the Carnival Spirit docked at Sydney's Circular Quay,...

First Cross-Country Solar-Fueled Flight Takes Off

Kevin Spak — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:40:05 CDT

A solar-powered plane took off this morning for what will be the first exclusively sun-fueled cross-country flight . The Solar Impulse left a California airfield at 6am, and should ultimately land in Washington by mid-June, with five stops along the way, the Washington Post reports. It's the first solar-powered plane that...

Cessnas Collide in Midair Over SoCal

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:25:09 CDT

Two Cessnas collided over Southern California yesterday afternoon, and those aboard one of the planes miraculously survived. That plane managed to land, with its landing gear still up, on a Westlake Golf Course fairway; the three people on board reported only minor injuries. But the other plane, also a single-engine...