The DC-8: The 1st Douglas Jetpowered Passenger Plane
In October 1955, Pan American favored the Douglas, ordering 25 DC-8s while ordering 20 Boeing 707s. The same year, United ...
Congress questions the FAA, US Army and NTSB over deadly midair collision in DC
If investigators were able to quickly find alarming data about the number of close calls in the years before the midair ...
Grieving father of American Airlines pilot killed in DC chopper crash says tragedy was 'completely preventable' as he calls for apology from US army
Samuel Lilley (pictured, his father Tim Lilley), 28, was the copilot onboard American Airlines flight 5342 when it collided ...
'The lawsuits are already prepared' | More than a half dozen Flight 5342 families now ready to sue over fatal crash
The Federal Tort Claims Act requires families of victims to give the government six months to investigate before filing a ...
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‘I started praying’: Abrupt move above CLT airport startles American Airlines passengers
In the wake of a Washington, DC, crash that killed 76 people in January, airline safety has been on the forefront of people’s minds this year. American Airlines ... over 58.8 million passengers ...
See inside Delta's flight museum, which houses exhibits on 100 years of aviation — including a famous Boeing 747
I went to the Delta Flight Museum at Delta Air Lines headquarters in Atlanta. The Museum is home to exhibits like the first ...
Figure skating's world championships are headed to Boston, another chance to heal after DC crash
WICHITA, Kan. — It has been nearly two months since American Airlines Flight 5342 lifted off from a wintry runway in ...
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Texas man arrested by FBI, charged with assault on American Airlines flight to DC
According to an American Airlines spokesperson ... the plane departed Wichita at 5:10 p.m. and landed in D.C. at 8:54 p.m. According to a court affidavit obtained by CBS News and ABC News ...