Southwest Sends $5K to Each Passenger on Engine Failure Flight April 22, 2018 By David Shepardson Southwest Airlines Co. confirmed Friday it has sent $5,000 checks to passengers aboard a flight that made an emergency landing...
Traumatic Stress Claims Expected from Southwest Airlines Engine Failure April 19, 2018 By Christopher Yasiejko Being on an airplane more than six miles in the air when an engine blows up and sends shrapnel through...
Southwest Fatality First for a U.S. Airline in 9 Years April 17, 2018 By Thomas Black and Alan Levin One passenger was killed when an engine blew out on a Southwest Airlines Co. jetliner carrying 149 people, marking the...
2017 Was Safest Year Ever for Airlines January 2, 2018 By David Shepardson Airlines recorded zero accident deaths in commercial passenger jets last year, according to a Dutch consulting firm and an aviation...
California Commissioner Was Passenger on Jet That Nearly Landed on Taxiway July 14, 2017 By Kristin J. Bender A top California state official said he was a passenger on an Air Canada jet that nearly landed on a...
Amazon’s Delivery Drone Project Focuses on Birds (and How to Avoid Them) May 22, 2017 By Adam Satariano and Marie Mawad Amazon.com Inc.’s development of package-delivery drones is progressing to the point where the company is now thinking a lot about...
Amazon and UK Government Form Partnership to Test Drone Deliveries July 26, 2016 By Gwen Ackerman Amazon Inc. and the British government have announced a partnership to test the e-commerce giant’s aerial drone parcel delivery system...
Update: Massive Search Continues for Wreckage from Missing EgyptAir Flight May 19, 2016 By Andrea Rothman and Deena Kamel Yousef The disappearance of an EgyptAir jetliner carrying 66 people over the Mediterranean Sea triggered a massive search for evidence amid...
U.K. Eyes Requiring Drones to Fit Anti-Collision Technology for Aviation Safety March 10, 2016 By Eddie Buckle Britain is considering whether civilian drones will have to be fitted with technology intended to prevent collisions with airplanes after...
Drone Flies Within 20 Feet of Air France Jet Above Paris; Investigation Under Way March 4, 2016 By Andrea Rothman A drone came within 5 meters (20 feet) of a potentially catastrophic collision with an Air France plane coming in...