
Swiss chief executive Jens Fehlinger said the loss had left the airline, a subsidiary of Germany’s Lufthansa, in shock and grief.

Swiss chief executive Jens Fehlinger said the loss had left the airline, a subsidiary of Germany’s Lufthansa, in shock and grief.

A report confirmed prior indications that a pilot’s misunderstanding of air traffic control directives, and a missed warning, caused the January accident.
Bell Textron’s X-Plane, part of DARPA’s Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program, combines the straight up and down maneuverability of a helicopter with the speed of a jet. Taking cues from the Valor-280’s tiltrotor design, the X-Plane has a new trick called High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL). It can rise vertically, hover steady as a rock, and then zip through the air at 400 to 450 knots—about 460 to 518 mph. That’s faster than any helicopter, beating the Airbus X3’s 293 mph record and close to a commercial jet. Unlike jets, this plane doesn’t need a runway. It
Officials from the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport say an American Airlines plane went off the runway Thursday night.
An early morning procession was held on Jan. 2 to honor the victims who died in a December plane crash in Galveston. After the procession, the victims were transported back to their families in Mexico.
Alaska Airlines has announced the cancellation of more than a dozen flights each day through the end of July, citing delays in the delivery of new aircraft caused…
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