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Southwest Airlines Cancels 40 Flights to Inspect Engines

April 23, 2018 engine-failure-Southwest_Airlines_Boeing_737

Southwest canceled 40 flights on Sunday to perform inspections in the wake of last weeks fatal engine failure in flight. Southwest Airlines cancelled about 40 flights Sunday as the airline View More ›

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Southwest Airlines Engine Failure Possible Metal Fatigue

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U.S. airline regulators said Wednesday they will order inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off and triggered a fatal accident on a Southwest Airlines jet. Pressure View More ›

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Watch: Video You May Not Have Seen – Southwest Airlines Engine Explodes in Flight

April 18, 2018

One person was killed and seven others were injured Tuesday after a Southwest Airlines plane engine apparently exploded midair, officials said. Flight 1380, which was headed from LaGuardia Airport in View More ›

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First Non-stop Flight From Australia to London

March 26, 2018 australia-london-nonstop

Qantas Airways has begun regular non-stop service between Australia and London. The first 17 hour plus flight took off from Perth in Western Australia. The maiden flight of a new non-stop View More ›

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Boeing Sets Worlds Record with Roll Out of the 10,000th 737 Aircraft!

March 20, 2018 737 Facts A 737 takes off or lands every 1.5 seconds On average, more than 2,800 737s are in the air at any given time More than 22 billion people have flown on a 737 The 737 has flown more than 122 billion miles, the equivalent of 5 million times around Earth

Thousands of Boeing (NYSE: BA) employees gathered at the company’s Renton, Wash. factory today to celebrate the 10,000th 737 to come off the production line. With this airplane, a 737 View More ›

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New York River Helicopter Crash Victims Family Sues Charter Operator – Why Did They Not Get Out?

March 14, 2018 New York River Helicopter Crash Victims Family Sues Charter Operator

If any of you were wondering ‘why’ the passengers of this helicopter crash were not able to un-strap themselves and exit like the pilot did…read below for a possible explanation. View More ›

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Bangladeshi Airline US-Bangla Flight BS211 Veers Off Runway in Nepal 49 Dead

March 13, 2018 Bangladeshi Airline US-Bangla Flight BS211 Veers Off Runway in Nepal 49 Dead

A Bangladeshi airline Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turboprop veered off the runway after landing in Kathmandu resulting in the deaths of 49 people. A plane carrying 71 passengers and crew has View More ›

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Breaking: Watch Helicopter Crash Lands in New York City’s East River

March 11, 2018 A man looks out at the swollen East River in East River Park in Manhattan after Hurricane Irene helicopter crash

A helicopter believed to be carrying several people crashed in New York City’s East River on Sunday night and rescues were underway, according to multiple reports. @cnn @FoxNews just witnessed View More ›

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Watch: Unruly Airline Passengers Gone Wild – How Flight Attendants Handle It

March 6, 2018 airline passengers gone wild

Have you ever been on an airplane when another passenger loses it? This video demonstrates how airline personnel are trained to handle unruly passengers. Kara Mulder, a flight attendant for eight years said View More ›

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Massive Nor’easter Storm Cancels Hundreds of Flights

March 2, 2018 storm-cancels-flights

It is being reported that around 2000 commercial flights in the US have been canceled due to major storm activity. Particularly hard hit are the airports surrounding New York City. View More ›

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