Plaintiffs Win Round in Oregon No Fly List

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A federal judge ruled that people placed on the U.S. government's no-fly list have a constitutionally protected interest in traveling by air, and the right to due process when it's denied. U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown of Portland, in an opinion released late Wednesday, rejected the government's assertion that people on the no-fly list can travel by other means, and that being on the list does not deprive them of their liberty. She said it ignores… (news.yahoo.com) More...

Plane Lands Hard in Colorado Carrying 12 No One Hurt

A 10-passenger flight from Denver International Airport to Telluride lost use of its landing gear, tilted to the left and damaged a wing and propeller at Telluride Regional Airport on Sunday afternoon. Great Lakes Aviation spokeswoman Monica Taylor-Lee said none of the passengers or crew members aboard Flight 7150 was injured. She said the crew was able to deploy the gear manually in flight, but it did not hold as the plane was decelerating on the landing. (www.denverpost.com) More...

DEBUNKED: 10 Airplane Myths That People Still Believe

The famous death of James Bond's nemesis in "Goldfinger" would not have happened in real life. Flying can be a mysterious experience: Planes are incredibly complicated, even scary machines, and pilots and flight attendants don't tell you too much about what's going on. So it makes sense that people believe all sorts of interesting "facts" about air travel. The problem is, a lot of them aren't true. Let's all have a laugh shall we? (finance.yahoo.com) More...

Allegiant delays flights to inspect MD-80 slides, Update

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Allegiant Airlines took more than half of its fleet of MD-80 aircraft out of service Friday to inspect emergency slides, four days after passengers and crew members deployed the devices to escape to the tarmac when smoke was reported on an Allegiant plane in Las Vegas. Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent company of the airline, issued a statement saying Friday's inspections were linked to an unspecified "compliance issue" found during a follow-up review… (finance.yahoo.com) More...

Blackhawk Helicopter Pulls Rocky Mountain Climber to Safety

Dramatic rescue of a man who slipped and fell while climbing the rocky mountains (news.yahoo.com) More...

China to crack down on false terrorist threats to airlines

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will impose tough penalties on people making false terrorist threats against airlines and airports, after a stream of bogus calls grounded flights and piled pressure on an already strained air traffic control system, state media reported. Flights and domestic airports have been disrupted by 80 fake threats this year, the official Xinhua news service said. Between May 15 and 18 alone, six bomb threats were reported, forcing 22 flights to turn back, land elsewhere or be… (news.yahoo.com) More...

Small plane crashes into Houston-area hangar

BROOKSHIRE, Texas—A pilot has been seriously hurt when his single-engine experimental plane crashed nose-first into a hangar at a private airport in the Houston area. The Waller County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened late Monday morning. The hangar is at Sport Flyers Airport near Brookshire, about 25 miles west of Houston. (www.elpasotimes.com) More...

Judge tosses some claims in Earhart wreckage case

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- It's been more than 75 years since aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra vanished somewhere over the South Pacific yet the mystery of her disappearance made waves Wednesday halfway around the world in a Wyoming court. A federal judge in Casper dismissed racketeering and negligence allegations on Wednesday in a lawsuit claiming an aircraft preservation group had found the wreckage of the plane but did not disclose it so it could raise more money for… (news.yahoo.com) More...

Swiss Fighter Jet Crash: Rescuers Find Body, Black Box

Rescuers have found the body of one of two people onboard a Swiss army fighter jet which crashed in a mountainous area, as well as the aircraft's black box, the defense ministry said Thursday. The F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet was one of two that took off in the canton of Bern on Wednesday for a training mission, but crashed shortly after into a cliff overlooking a branch of the massive Lake Lucerne. (www.huffingtonpost.com) More...

Humble man identified as pilot who died after in-flight heart attack

THIS IS AN UPDATE: Published On: Sep 27 2013 04:28:05 AM CDT Updated On: Sep 27 2013 06:10:32 PM CDT The United Airlines captain who died after suffering a mid-flight heart attack has been identified as 63-year-old Henry Skillern, of Humble. The captain was piloting United Flight 1603 from Houston to Seattle when the emergency occurred just before 8 p.m. Thursday forcing an off-duty pilot to take over control of the plane. Two Madigan Army Medical Center doctors onboard performed CPR, according… (www.click2houston.com) More...