U.S. airline regulators have ordered inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off a Southwest Airlines plane, leading to the death of a woman who was partially blown out a window.
Read moreU.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.
Read moreA Southwest Airlines jet apparently blew an engine at 30,000 feet and got hit by shrapnel that smashed a window and damaged the fuselage Tuesday, killing a passenger and injuring seven others, authorities said.
Read moreThe European Union Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that German airline TUIfly must compensate passengers for flight cancellations or delays caused by striking workers because the spontaneous strike at issue was caused by its own decision to restructure.
Read moreKorean Air Lines said Monday it has suspended one of its chairman’s daughters from her marketing work after she threw a tantrum at a business meeting, triggering public outrage and a police investigation.
Read moreA digital-privacy watchdog has sued the federal government claiming it violates the law by not enforcing transparency obligations with drones.
Read moreAviation security officers filed a class action against Chicago and Illinois, claiming they were unconstitutionally stripped of their police powers and concealed-carry privileges after a doctor was dragged off a United Airlines flight last year.
Read moreStriking Air France pilots and cabin staff insisted they weren’t backing down, as their latest walkout forced the cancellation of some 30 percent of the airline’s flights worldwide Wednesday.
Read moreAn Algerian military plane carrying soldiers and their families crashed soon after takeoff Wednesday into a field in northern Algeria, killing 257 people in what appeared to be the North African nation’s worst-ever plane crash.
Read moreThe airline policeman fired after footage showed him violently dragging a Kentucky doctor off a United Airlines flight sued the airline and Chicago’s Department of Aviation Tuesday, claiming the city did not train him on the level of force to use in situations with passengers.
Read moreGerman labor union ver.di says its members will stage a strike Tuesday at Frankfurt airport, Germany’s biggest. The move prompted Lufthansa to cancel more than 800 flights.
Read moreA coalition of airlines seeking an exemption from a state mandate filed a lawsuit claiming Massachusetts’ sick-time law is unconstitutional and contributes to flight delays and cancellations.
Read moreChina on Wednesday issued a $50 billion list of U.S. goods including soybeans and small aircraft for possible tariff hikes in an escalating technology dispute with Washington that companies worry could set back the global economic recovery.
Read moreA woman dubbed a “serial stowaway” for repeatedly trying to sneak onto commercial jets without a ticket has been ruled unfit for trial, a judge ruled Thursday.
Read moreThe maiden flight of a new nonstop regular passenger service between Australia and Britain has touched down at London’s Heathrow Airport.
Read moreA dog that United Airlines mistakenly flew to Japan is back with its family in Kansas.
Read moreRussian news reports say the hatch of a cargo plane carrying precious metals accidentally flew open upon takeoff — scattering at least 3 tons of gold on the runway.
Read moreUnited Airlines, under siege over the death of a puppy on one of its flights, says the flight attendant who ordered a passenger to put her pet carrier in the overhead bin didn’t know there was a dog inside.
Read moreA dog died on a United Airlines plane after a flight attendant ordered its owner to put the animal in the plane’s overhead bin.
Read moreThe ACLU on Monday sued the Transportation Safety Administration over its failure to turn over documents about its policies regarding searches of domestic airline passengers’ electronic devices, including cellphones, tablets and computers and even digital cameras.
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