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Flight diverted after confusion over prayer
Jan 22nd, 2010 - Los Angeles Times
Philadelphia - A Jewish teen trying to pray on a New York-to-Kentucky flight caused a scare when he pulled out a set of small boxes containing holy scrolls, leading the captain to divert the commuter plane to Philadelphia.
Pilot diverts jet over teenager's in-flight prayer
Jan 21st, 2010 - Omaha
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Jewish teenager trying to pray on a New York-to-Kentucky flight caused a scare Thursday when he pulled out a set of small boxes containing holy scrolls.
Pilot diverts jet over teen's in-flight prayer
Jan 21st, 2010 - Boston
PHILADELPHIA-A Jewish teen trying to pray on a New York-to-Kentucky flight caused a scare when he pulled out a set of small black boxes containing holy scrolls, leading the captain to divert the flight to Philadelphia.
FEATURE-Safety concerns put spotlight on US commuter airlines
May 24th, 2009 - Reuters
CHICAGO, May 25 (Reuters) - Commuter airlines which operate just over half of all U.S. domestic flights are under pressure as business travelers weigh safety problems arising from a crash in February.
Gulfstream Faces Penalty on Pilot Hours, Maintenance
May 21st, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
Gulfstream International Airlines Inc., a training ground for many U.S. commuter pilots over the years, faces a $1.3 million civil penalty for allegedly falsifying flight-time records.
Commuter Plane videos from YouTube:
2:15edarem - Death on Continental Commuter Flight 3407
The horror of those 30 seconds before impact.
1:35Commuter Plane Crashes Near Buffalo, 49 Dead
An emergency director says all 48 people on board a Continental Connection plane that crashed into a suburban Buffalo home and erupted in flames are dead. One other person is confirmed dead on the ground. (Feb. 13)
1:48Skywest Commuter Plane at SNA
Nice shot of plane leaving for runway.
Commuter Plane from WikiPedia:
A Regional Airliner is a small airliner designed to fly up to 100 passengers on short-haul flights, usually feeding larger carriers' hubs from small markets. This class of airliners are typically flown by the regional airlines that are either contracted by or subsidiaries of the larger airlines. Feederliner, commuter, and local service are all alternate terms for the same class of flight operations.
In the early days of aviation, most aircraft had a relatively short range so that all airlines were "regional" in nature. With the introduction of longer range aircraft, notably flying boats, these shorter range planes increasingly found their niche feeding the newer and longer range airliners by flying passengers to the mainline's airline hubs. Many of these smaller regional airlines were eventually bought by the larger flag carriers.
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