Southwest Airlines once operated a small fleet of Boeing 727-200s, which it leased between 1979 and 1985. Following their short stay, the 727s served other airlines, with one converted into a ...
Southwest Airlines was formed in 1967 as Air Southwest Co., becoming Southwest Airlines Co. by 1971. It was a purely ...
I directed a more aggressive climb,” the plane’s captain later reported, “due to aircraft appearing to continue to climb into us.” Neither close call ended in disaster, but both were reported to a ...
These near misses are extremely common,” said Ross Aimer, a retired United Airlines Captain who’s now CEO of Aero Consulting ...
The NTSB is continuing its investigation into the collision between the Black Hawk helicopter and the regional passenger jet ...
Airlines are constantly disposing of old aircraft and acquiring new ones. The reasons rarely have much—if anything—to do with ...
and a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 struck by a Cesna single-engine propeller plane over San Diego in 1978 that killed 144. And the U.S. passenger death rate per 100 million miles for ...
A United Airlines 727 jet crashed in Lake Michigan ... climates until the wing icing problem could be solved. A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 rests in the middle of Central Avenue near Midway ...
Most fatalities in the Triad – like those across the state – involve smaller private planes, often operating out of ...
Since 2000, the Triad has averaged nearly one fatal plane crash per year, leading to the loss of 41 lives. Those figures, based on an analysis of National Transportation Safety Board reports, pale ...