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FAA seeks $18,000 penalty for United violations
AP Business WriterThe Federal Aviation Administration is proposing an $18,000 civil penalty against United Airlines for two maintenance violations the FAA said occurred before a United jet skidded off a runway and ended up in three feet of snow in February. The FAA...Tags: Air Transportation, Transportation Industry, Transportation, Air Transportation Industry, Censorship
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Spanish couple misses doomed Spanair flight by minutes
A Spanish couple got to Madrid's airport three minutes late, but it kept them off a doomed flight. "Today is another birthday," Ertoma Bolanos said after the Spanair jetliner he and his girlfriend were supposed to take to their native Canary Islands...Tags: Family, Transportation Accidents
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American launches airborne Internet
— One of the few remaining Internet-free havens vanished Wednesday as American Airlines launched airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer nonstop flights. The move could create a stream of revenue for an airline industry...Tags: Los Angeles, Air Transportation, Online, Transportation, Air Transportation Industry
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Deadly crashes that have occurred during takeoff
Deadly crashes on takeoff Nov. 12, 2001: American Airlines Airbus A300 plunges to the ground after taking off from New York's JFK Airport, killing at least 265. May 9, 1987: A Polish IL-62M plunges into a forest near Warsaw; all 183 people on board...Tags: Air Transportation, Transportation, Air Transportation Industry, New York, American Airlines, Inc.
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Small plane skids off runway; no one hurt
Three people escaped injury yesterday when the pilot of a small plane lost control during takeoff and skidded off a runway at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The twin-engine Cessna 441 was departing the general aviation...Tags: Air Transportation, Thurgood Marshall, Transportation, Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Industry
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Fatal Flight Started With Trouble On The Ground
Los Angeles TimesIt was a troubled flight from the beginning. One attempt at takeoff was aborted. Departure was delayed by more than an hour. Passengers, many of them parents traveling with their young children, were grumpy and hot, eager to get on with it, to start their...Tags: Maryland, United Technologies Corporation, Strikes, Vacations, Labor Disputes
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Deadly crash in Madrid
Associated PressMore than 150 people were killed yesterday when an airliner taking off en route to a Canary Islands resort swerved off the end of a runway at Madrid's airport, crashed and burst into flames, Spanish officials said. The plane, an MD-82, carried 172...Tags: Maryland, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Air France-KLM, Boeing Co., Disasters
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American Airlines launches in-flight online service
One of the few remaining Internet-free havens vanished yesterday as American Airlines launched airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights. The move could create a new stream of revenue for an aviation industry...Tags: Los Angeles, Air Transportation, Online, Transportation, iPhone
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Traffic expert/author tells us why we drive the way we do
Tribune staff reporterEleven o'clock on a bright midweek morning, and traffic expert Tom Vanderbilt is standing tall against the chain-link fencing that overlooks the northbound lanes of the Kennedy Expressway at Chicago Avenue. He's posing for a photo with the host of trucks...Tags: Christopher Walken, Cell Phones, Road Transportation, Transportation, Road Accidents
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Firefighting Chopper Lost Power Before Crash
Associated PressREDDING -- An initial investigation into a deadly helicopter crash that killed nine people in Northern California earlier this month has found that the chopper's main rotor lost power during takeoff. A preliminary crash report released by the National...Tags: Air Transportation, Transportation Industry, Transportation, Air Transportation Industry, Wildfires
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The markets in 60 seconds
American Airlines launches in-flight Internet One of the few remaining Internet-free havens vanished as American Airlines launched airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights. With Wednesday's launch, the airline,...Tags: Los Angeles, Air Transportation, Transportation, Online, Orlando
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UPDATE: Boeing To Help Investigate Cause Of Madrid Plane Crash
The Associated PressBoeing spokesman Jim Proulx says the company is sending at least one person to help investigated the crash of the MD-82 at the Madrid airport. He says the company stands ready to provide technical assistance at the request of Spanish authorities. In a...
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