Mon, Jul 13th, 2009 | Business, U.S. |

(CNN) -- A Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Charleston, West Virginia, on Monday after a football-sized hole in its fuselage caused the cabin to depressurize, an airline spokeswoman said. There were no injuries aboard the Boeing 737, which ...Read More

US government faults regulator on Southwest Airlines

Fri, Mar 19th, 2010 | Business |

US government faults regulator on Southwest Airlines (Reuters) - A U.S. government watchdog faulted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for allowing Southwest Airlines Co to fly jets that had not undergone mandatory maintenance work, violating stipulated safety rules, the Wall Street Journal said. The U.S. Office of Special ...Read More

Cargo plane forced to land on frozen Estonian lake

Thu, Mar 18th, 2010 | World |

Cargo plane forced to land on frozen Estonian lake TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - A cargo plane with engine and landing gear problems made an emergency landing Thursday on the frozen surface of a lake outside the Estonian capital, authorities said. One of the six crew members suffered minor injuries and ...Read More

Plane makes emergency landing on SC beach, killing jogger who never knew what hit him

Wed, Mar 17th, 2010 | U.S. |

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The kit-built single-engine plane was gliding quietly as it came down for an emergency landing on a beach. Pharmaceutical salesman Robert Gary Jones, listening to his iPod while jogging, likely never saw or heard it ...Read More

Beach jogger killed by plane likely never heard it

Wed, Mar 17th, 2010 | Top Stories, U.S. |

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- The kit-built single-engine plane had turned into a glider, almost silently trying to make an emergency landing along a stretch of beach. Pharmaceutical salesman Robert Gary Jones, ear buds in, listening to his iPod while ...Read More

Plane making an emergency landing kills jogger on South Carolina beach

Wed, Mar 17th, 2010 | U.S. |

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Authorities say jogger Robert Gary Jones probably neither saw nor heard the plane that struck him from behind as it made an emergency landing on the beach. They said Jones, a pharmaceutical salesman from Woodstock, Ga., ...Read More

Mom: Jogger hit by plane was excited to head home

Tue, Mar 16th, 2010 | Top Stories |

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - A father of two in town on business was jogging on the beach and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing, officials ...Read More

Woodstock jogger killed in Hilton Head beach emergency landing

Tue, Mar 16th, 2010 | Top Stories, U.S. |

With the sand in his feet and music in his ears, Robert Jones was doing what he loved. The Woodstock pharmaceutical salesman was oblivious to the calamity unfolding behind him. A single-engine plane, having lost its propeller, was in the midst ...Read More

Plane kills jogger in SC beach emergency landing

Tue, Mar 16th, 2010 | Top Stories, U.S. |

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – A 38-year-old father of two was jogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on the beach, officials said Tuesday. Robert Gary ...Read More

Jet to NC returns to NY airport after hitting bird

Thu, Mar 11th, 2010 | World |

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-The pilot of a US Airways jet reported a bird strike and an engine problem shortly after takeoff from an upstate New York airport Thursday, forcing the plane to turn back and make an emergency landing, officials said. The ...Read More

Jet with 74 aboard makes emergency landing

Mon, Mar 8th, 2010 | U.S. |

ASPEN, Colo. -- Officials said a jet carrying 74 people made an emergency landing at the Aspen airport after smoke entered the pilot's cabin. Pitkin County Sheriff's Deputy Alex Burchetta said SkyWest Airlines Flight 5940 made a safe landing Sunday afternoon ...Read More

'Miracle on Hudson' pilot retires

Wed, Mar 3rd, 2010 | U.S. |

(CNN) -- Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot who landed a disabled passenger plane on New York's Hudson River in 2009, piloted his last flight for US Airways on Wednesday. Sullenberger, 59, has retired from the company he joined in 1980. "I ...Read More

New York's "Miracle on Hudson" pilot retires

Wed, Mar 3rd, 2010 | Top Stories, U.S. |

NEW YORK, March 3 (Reuters) - The pilot who spectacularly landed a crippled U.S. Airways (LCC.N) passenger jet in New York's Hudson River last year is retiring, the airline said on Wednesday. Stocks | Global Markets | Industrials All 155 passengers and ...Read More

Kevin Smith on 'Cop Out' and Southwest Airlines

Sat, Feb 27th, 2010 | Entertainment |

Kevin Smith has a big mouth, and he knows it. When he got bounced off a Southwest Airlines flight for allegedly being too fat earlier this month, he quickly spread the news, via Twitter, complaining about the unfair treatment he ...Read More

Kevin Smith's 'Cop Out': Too Flabby to Fly

Sat, Feb 27th, 2010 | Entertainment |

Kevin Smith's 'Cop Out': Too Flabby to Fly Last night I spent an amusing hour-and-a-half at a Kevin Smith entertainment. I listened to Smodcast (Smith podcast) 106, recorded two weeks ago, about what the writer-director called "my portly misadventure" when he was tossed off a Southwest Airlines flight ...Read More

Airlines cancel hundreds of flights as snow falls

Thu, Feb 25th, 2010 | U.S. |

Airlines cancel hundreds of flights as snow falls NEW YORK -- Airline officials say hundreds of flights have been canceled as a snowstorm bears down on the Northeast. A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says there's no accumulation as of early Thursday at ...Read More

757 flight diverts to Salt Lake after threatening note

Fri, Feb 19th, 2010 | U.S. |

SALT LAKE CITY - A United Airlines jetliner that made an emergency landing today after a threatening note was found in the galley resumed its flight after seven hours on the ground. Flight 741, carrying 168 passengers and six crew, was ...Read More

Flight Diverts to Salt Lake After Threatening Note

Thu, Feb 18th, 2010 | Top Stories, U.S. |

Flight Diverts to Salt Lake After Threatening Note A United Airlines jetliner that made an emergency landing Thursday after a threatening note was found in the galley resumed its flight after seven hours on the ground. Flight 741, carrying 168 passengers and six crew, was en route from Denver ...Read More

Kevin Smith $10K Challenge To Southwest Airlines

Wed, Feb 17th, 2010 | Entertainment |

Director Kevin Smith declared a Twitter war on Southwest Airlines over the weekend after the Silent Bob star was tossed off a flight from Oakland to Los Angeles for being 'Too Fat To Fly.' Smith has been Tweeting incessantly about ...Read More

Pilot takes evasive action to avoid collision

Tue, Feb 16th, 2010 | Top Stories, U.S. |

BURBANK, Calif. - The Federal Aviation Administration says two flight attendants were injured when a Southwest Airlines pilot took sudden evasive action to avoid a collision with a private plane near Burbank over the weekend. FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said Tuesday ...Read More

What Kevin Smith means for the future of PR

Tue, Feb 16th, 2010 | Entertainment |

What Kevin Smith means for the future of PR On Saturday, the crew of a Southwest Airlines flight between the California cities of Oakland and Burbank asked a passenger to leave the plane before takeoff because it deemed him too overweight to fly. Unfortunately, that passenger happened to be ...Read More