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Birds Again Ground NY Plane

Polly Davis Doig — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:07:00 CDT

It's a bird, it's a plane ... it's a collision. Or so went an aborted JetBlue flight taking off from New York's Westchester airport last night, reports the New York Post . Two geese plowed into the windshield of the cockpit of the West Palm Beach-bound flight, forcing it to land just...

JetBlue Captain Out of Hospital, In Court

Kevin Spak — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:08:24 CDT

The JetBlue pilot who screamed false terrorism warnings to a cabin full of passengers last week was released from a Texas hospital today, although released may be too strong a word. Clayton Osbon was escorted to court in handcuffs, where prosecutors asked that he be held without bail, the AP...

JetBlue Pilot Wife: Thanks for Help in 'Awful Situation'

Mark Russell — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:24:23 CDT

The wife of the JetBlue pilot who had a breakdown in the middle of a flight issued a heartfelt thanks yesterday to all the people on the flight who subdued her husband, and got the plane down safely, reports MSNBC . "We know you were placed in an awful situation, and...

JetBlue Pilot's Dad Died in Plane Crash

Rob Quinn — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:01:11 CDT

We may never know exactly what made JetBlue pilot Clayton Osbon come unhinged, but the New York Daily News has uncovered tragedy in his past. The pilot's father, who Osbon began flying with as a teenager, died in a plane crash in 1995. The elder Osbon and a friend were...

Carson Daly: Sorry I Implied Gay People Aren't Tough

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:20:59 CDT

Carson Daly apologized last night for implying that gay people wouldn't have been able to take down the JetBlue pilot who melted down on a recent flight . On his show yesterday morning, Daly noted how lucky it was that many of the passengers on the flight were "well-trained dudes" on...

Feds Charge JetBlue Pilot

Rob Quinn — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:00:00 CDT

The JetBlue pilot who had a mid-flight mental breakdown has been charged with interfering with a flight, and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Clayton Osbon—who remains in a guarded facility in a Texas hospital— has been suspended by the airline while the FBI and aviation...

JetBlue Suspends Captain in Meltdown

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:57:51 CDT

A JetBlue captain who yelled about a bomb and urged passengers to pray on a Las Vegas-bound flight has been suspended, the airline said today. Clayton Osbon has been taken off active duty pending a review of the incident, a JetBlue spokeswoman said. There is nothing in the captain's record...

JetBlue Pilot Broke Through Plastic Restraints

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:35:27 CDT

The captain behind yesterday's JetBlue Flight 191 freakout was 49-year-old Clayton Osbon, and passenger David Gonzalez tells ABC News that "I was actually the one that took him down." Gonzalez says he noticed the flight attendants struggling to control Osbon, approached the group, and asked if there was a problem....

Think Twice Before Taking Flight 191

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:11:05 CDT

The next time you book an airline flight, if you see "191" on your ticket, you might want to just stay home. That particular flight number is "one of the most tragic of all," writes Scott McCartney in the Wall Street Journal . A brief history: JetBlue's Flight 191 was diverted...