Lebanese Officials Say Jet Flew the Wrong Way Before Crash
Jan 27, 2010 Despite being told to change course by air traffic controllers in Beirut, the pilot of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 that crashed Monday flew into the storm he was advised to avoid, Lebanese officials said Tuesday.
Marion Barry Does Reality TV
Nov 10, 2009 So Marion Barry ultimately wasn't able to be Washington, D.C.'s "mayor for life," but he may get his own reality TV show. According to the Web site DCist, Barry, who's now a city councilman, is currently filming a pilot for the show, although his chief of staff couldn't say which network or production company was behind the project.A Chance to Avert Tragedy
May 21, 2009 So now we know that pilots responsible for the safety of about a quarter of the flying public rest up for duty by catching a few winks in an airport lounge, or sleeping in idle aircraft or aboard a cross-country flight from their hometowns to their airport home base.Navy Plane Crashes in San Diego Neighborhood
Dec 9, 2008 Just before noon Monday, a U.S. Navy F-18 jet crashed into a San Diego neighborhood as it was approaching Miramar Naval Air Station, hitting at least one home. Updated
Enola Gay Pilot Dies at 92
Nov 2, 2007 Paul Warfield Tibbits Jr., the man who flew the Enola Gay to drop the "Little Boy" A-bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, has died at 92 in Columbus, Ohio. Tibbits, who named his B-29 after his mother, requested that his grave be unmarked to thwart potential protesters.
