Latest Aviation Headlines
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Comair Names Federal Government, Ky. Airport in Lawsuits
Aug 16 2007 // Comair has named the federal government, Blue Grass Airport and an airport administrator in federal lawsuits filed against the airline by families of victims of last year’s fatal crash in Kentucky. Comair spokeswoman...
Official Blames Safety Flaws in U.S. Aviation System for Comair Crash
Aug 15 2007 // A lead investigator of last summer’s deadly Comair plane crash in Kentucky that killed 49 people says the accident exposed “latent failures” across the nation’s aviation system. In an eight-page...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Aug 6 2007 // Global firefighter claims U.S. Forest Service stonewalls on Russian aid while U.S. wildfires burn While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Aug 6 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California and an American pilot from Virginia...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Aug 6 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California and an American pilot from Virginia...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Jul 23 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California, and an American pilot from Virginia...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Jul 23 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in more than a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California, and an American pilot from...
Heavy Thunderstorm Causes Damage at S.C. Airport
Jul 19 2007 // A South Carolina thunderstorm caused a wind gust of 75 mph at Columbia Metropolitan Airport on Tuesday, damaging a temporary hanger, authorities said. The storm also knocked out power at parts of the airport, but officials...
Miami Airport Terminal Evacuated after Bomb Scare
Jul 18 2007 // A terminal at Miami International Airport was evacuated early Monday after authorities found a possible explosive device at a security checkpoint. “A possible explosive device showed up in an X-ray machine at the...
Small Plane Crashes into Florida Neighborhood
Jul 11 2007 // A small plane trying to make an emergency landing crashed into a suburban Orlando, Fla., neighborhood Tuesday morning, starting two house fires and injuring at least three people, authorities said. Both homes were largely...
WTC Attack Simulation Shows Fireproofing Material Stripped on Impact
Jun 21 2007 // A computer simulation of the 2001 World Trade Center attacks supports a federal agency’s findings that the initial impact from the hijacked airplanes stripped away crucial fireproofing material and that the weakened...
Authorities Make Arrests in NYC Terror Plot at JFK Airport
Jun 5 2007 // Federal authorities announced they had broken up a suspected Muslim terrorist cell planning a “chilling” attack to destroy John F. Kennedy International Airport, kill thousands of people and trigger an economic...
Study: Kentucky Airport Never Enacted Staffing Plan After Crash
Jun 4 2007 // A Kentucky airport where a plane took off from the wrong runway and crashed last year had put together a plan to help it comply with federal guidelines on staffing in air control towers but never enacted it, a staffing...
Lexington, Ky. Airport Named as Third-Party Defendant
May 25 2007 // In Kentucky, Comair has filed a third-party complaint against Blue Grass Airport, where one of the airline’s planes crashed last year, killing 49 people. The complaint was filed in a lawsuit that was brought by the...
Officials Plan for Fewer Hurricane Hunter Flights this Season
May 22 2007 // Although forecasters predict an active hurricane season, federal officials said crews will fly fewer hurricane hunter flights from the MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla.. Officials hope that reducing flights will make...
Ky. Air Controllers, Rocket Club Clashing over Launches
May 18 2007 // A local model rocket club had permission to launch rockets into airspace near Lexington, Ky.’s Blue Grass Airport, but future launches could be in doubt over safety concerns. Air traffic around the airport had to be...
New Travelers U.S. Aviation Company Takes Flight
May 16 2007 // Travelers has launched Travelers Aviation, a new business unit targeting corporate and business aircraft, small to mid-size airports, aviation ground services and manufactured non-critical products used as aircraft...
Resident Sues N.Y. Yankee Cory Lidle’s Estate Over Plane Crash
May 14 2007 // Stephane Sparta was at home in his 31st floor apartment when New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle’s small plane crashed into the floor below. The plane didn’t hit Sparta, “but it gave him quite a...
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May 7 2007 // Doug Eden joined Main Street America Group as senior vice president, field operations. Eden will be a member of the company’s senior management team based at its corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla. Eden...
AXA, Britt Paulk Partner on U.S. Aviation Program for Smaller Aircraft
Apr 10 2007 // AXA Corporate Solutions announce the launch of a new national General Aviation program for the U.S. that will be managed through a general agency relationship with Britt Paulk Insurance Agency, Inc. Together Britt Paulk...
