Boston airport tests radar to avoid bird strikes
July 9, 2009 ·
Logan International Airport is testing a specialized radar system the Air Force uses to protect its fighters and NASA uses to guard its $2 billion shuttles, as it considers stepping up its efforts at preventing collisions between birds and airplanes. With a wildlife mitigation lineup that already includes five full-time employees, Logan has long had [...]
Man who spent month on planes set Guinness record
July 6, 2009 ·
The man who spent a month living on airplanes set a Guinness World Record for the most scheduled flight journeys within 30 days. Mark Malkoff set the record with the series of flights he took June 1-30, according to Carlos Martinez of Guinness World Records. The previous record was 128 flights, a record that had [...]
Boeing again delays initial 787 test flight
June 23, 2009 ·
Boeing Co. said Tuesday it has again delayed the first test flight of its long-awaited 787 jetliner, citing a need to reinforce part of the aircraft. The inaugural test flight of the 787, a next-generation aircraft built for fuel efficiency with lightweight carbon composite parts, was originally planned for late 2007. But Boeing has postponed [...]
Man with fear of flying spending month on plane
June 15, 2009 ·
A man who says he’s afraid to fly is spending the month of June living on a plane. Mark Malkoff, 33, a comedian and filmmaker, boarded his first flight June 1 from LaGuardia in New York, where he lives, heading to Atlanta. He plans to stay on AirTran flights until June 30. The airline offers [...]
Panel explores safety issues in Hudson ditching
June 10, 2009 ·
When US Airways Flight 1549 landed in the Hudson River in January, the fuselage ruptured, sending water gushing into the cabin, and there didn’t appear to be enough room in the available life rafts for all the passengers and crew. Those were among the issues the National Transportation Safety Board was to address Wednesday in [...]
Pilots admired Hudson River before striking birds
June 9, 2009 ·
A passenger seated in the rear of US Airways Flight 1549 after the plane ditched into the Hudson River said Tuesday the water was rising so rapidly around him that he feared the plane was going to sink with passengers trapped inside. Billy Campbell, who was seated in the second-to-last row of the Airbus A320, [...]
Flight 1549: The miracle that almost wasn’t
June 8, 2009 ·
Even after Flight 1549 glided to a near-perfect forced landing on the Hudson River in January, the plane and its 155 passengers and crew came within inches of catastrophe when someone cracked open a rear door, sending water gushing into the cabin. Who opened the door is one of the questions the National Transportation Safety [...]
