Officials are said to be examining whether a controller had to use an emergency phone just before the crash at LaGuardia. They have yet to determine the cause of the crash and are also focusing on other avenues.
Category: Pilots
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Investigators Said to Look at Whether LaGuardia Controller Stepped Away
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Safety Experts Considered LaGuardia Challenging but Not an Outlier
The New York Times – Business:Regulators, pilots and others in aviation have worried about the kind of runway accident that happened at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday.
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Exploring Jeddah, Saudia Arabia, With an Airline Pilot
On a stopover in Saudi Arabia, the writer strolls along the corniche, lingers over coffee and explores the historic heart of this city on the Red Sea.
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When Something Goes Wrong With Your Flight, These People Take Charge
Inside a tornado-hardened office in Texas, 1,700 American Airlines employees manage the carrier’s operations, responding to bad weather, plane trouble and ailing passengers.
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William Rataczak, Co-Pilot of Flight Hijacked by D.B. Cooper, Dies at 86
He was a witness to one of the most riveting unsolved crimes in American history, which inspired scores of conspiracy theories and obsessed amateur sleuths.
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Plane Lands After Pilots Fear Someone Is Trying to Enter Cockpit
A problem with an intercom led to uncertainty. No one was hurt.
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Now Arriving, a New Theory of In-Flight Turbulence
Physicists have devised a new model to account for the discomfort that airline passengers know all too well.
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Newark Airport Crisis Has Eased but Tech and Staffing Issues Persist
United Airlines said it had a very good summer at Newark airport. But air traffic control equipment issues and staffing shortages remained unresolved.
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Spirit Airlines Pilot Is Charged With Stalking Two Children
The pilot, Dominic Cipolla, was arrested in July while on duty at New Orleans International Airport, the airline said.
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Delta Pilot Arrested in Cockpit Faces 24 Felonies in Child Sex Case
The pilot was removed from the cockpit of a plane after it landed in San Francisco on Saturday night. A woman was also charged in a related felony complaint.
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Delta Pilot Is Arrested in Cockpit After Flight Lands in San Francisco
A senior Homeland Security official said that the pilot was arrested on charges involving child sexual abuse materials.
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Timeline Details Final Seconds of Crashed Air India Flight
Investigators released a preliminary account of the crash, describing how the plane struggled after its fuel supply was cut.