Read more planes stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7656/planes.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:16:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74014/faa-admits-flubs-on-wandering-northwest-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FAA should have taken more decisive action on the Northwest Airlines flight that fell out of communication with ground control for 77 minutes last month, officials acknowledged today. While the plane was out of contact, air-traffic controllers changed shifts and failed to warn their replacements about the runaway plane....http://www.newser.com/story/74014/faa-admits-flubs-on-wandering-northwest-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 15:29:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66772/jetblue-offers-all-you-can-fly-monthly-pass-for-599.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis could set off an interesting price war: JetBlue today began selling a $599 pass for all the flights you can handle between Sept. 8 and Oct. 8, reports Bloomberg. The idea is to try to keep their planes full once the peak summer season winds down. The offer's good...http://www.newser.com/story/66772/jetblue-offers-all-you-can-fly-monthly-pass-for-599.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 20:00:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66624/congress-relents-slashes-unwanted-jet-order.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHouse leaders are slashing their $550 million order for eight new executive jets for use by senior government officials, caving to pressure from fellow lawmakers and the Pentagon, Politico reports. John Murtha’s Defense Appropriations Subcommittee had more than doubled the Pentagon’s original request for $220 million to buy four new...http://www.newser.com/story/66624/congress-relents-slashes-unwanted-jet-order.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 7:16:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5663/dreamliners-maiden-flight-delayed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBoeing's cushy, cutting-edge Dreamliner won't make it into airlines' hands until sometime in October, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The inaugural flight of the 787was originally scheduled for late September, but unexpected delays encountered with the complex installation of the jetliner's myriad flight systems have pushed Boeing's timetable back.http://www.newser.com/story/5663/dreamliners-maiden-flight-delayed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Aug 2007 20:09:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5140/brake-failure-pilot-panic-in-brazilian-jet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPanicked pilots of a doomed Brazilian plane are heard struggling to control the aircraft speeding down a rain-slicked runway in transcripts of a cockpit tape released yesterday. "Slow down! Turn, turn, turn!" screams the co-pilot. "I can't," says the pilot. "Oh my God! Oh my God!" The plane crashed, killing...http://www.newser.com/story/5140/brake-failure-pilot-panic-in-brazilian-jet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Aug 2007 7:29:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5136/airlines-plead-guilty-of-price-fixing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish Airways and Korean Air have agreed to plead guilty and pay $300 million each in criminal fines for engaging in massive conspiracies to fix the prices of passenger and cargo flights for the past six years, the US Justice Department said yesterday. BA will pony up another $247million fine...http://www.newser.com/story/5136/airlines-plead-guilty-of-price-fixing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Aug 2007 4:28:47 CDT