2 small planes involved in mid-air collision in San Pablo Bay

BAY AREA — Two small airplanes collided in airspace near San Pablo Bay at about 4 p.m. Sunday and one of them landed in the Bay, a U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman said. One of the planes landed at a local airport but the other landed in San Pablo Bay, Petty Officer Loumania Stewart said. KTVU-TV: 1 of small planes involved in CA mid-air collision was able to land safely; 2nd plane has crashed into water (www.ktvu.com) More...

Challenger Jet crashes through hangar in Chino CA

FAA spokesperson confirms Chino, CA incident appears minor. Jet was taxiing when it struck a hanger. No immediate reports of injuries (twitter.com) More...

JetBlue in talks with Bombardier over C Series order

Bombardier Inc., struggling to find established airlines as buyers for its new CSeries airliner, is in talks about a possible order with JetBlue Airways Corp., two people familiar with the matter said. The discussions are continuing, and no decision has been reached, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private. They gave no details on the size of any potential sale to JetBlue, whose fleet now consists of Airbus Group SE and Embraer SA aircraft (www.bloomberg.com) More...

World Trade Center developer seeks billions in 9/11 damages from airlines, Boeing

An almost unbelievable story of greed! "A federal judge in New York heard initial arguments Monday in a trial in which the developer of the World Trade Center argues that he should get billions of dollars from the airlines whose jets plowed into the Twin Towers almost 12 years ago. New York developer Larry Silverstein's company, World Trade Center Properties, which is still paying on a 99-year lease on the destroyed towers, has already collected more than $4 billion in insurance from… (usnews.nbcnews.com) More...

UTair 737 catches fire on Moscow runway

Emergency evacuation caught on video (passengers seen exiting aircraft with carry-on baggage?) (www.youtube.com) More...

Beechcraft Premier 390 FATAL CRASH - Thomson GA - 5 confirmed dead

Unconfirmed reports that up to seven persons on board. Jet had just landed on a flight from Nashville: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N777VG/history/20130220/2300Z/KJWN/KHQU (www.11alive.com) More...

Alitalia A320 skids off runway in Rome

Very little information at this point. It appears from pictures that the right side landing gear collapsed. No injuries reported. (instagram.com) More...

Affirmative Action Lands in the Air Traffic Control Tower

When a plane starts its final descent, are the passengers more concerned about the competence or about the skin color of the air-traffic controllers on the ground who will help the pilot land safely? The answer may be obvious to readers, if not to the Obama administration. A recently completed six-month investigation by Fox Business Network found that the Federal Aviation Administration has quietly moved away from merit-based hiring criteria in order to increase the number of women and… (www.wsj.com) More...

C-130 crashes in Indonesian city of Medan, casualties unknown

A Hercules C-130 military plane has crashed in a residential neighborhood in Medan city, Sumatra, an Indonesian military spokesman said. "We don't know yet the number of people on board, or how many casualties have been caused," military spokesman Fuad Basya told Reuters. Photos posted online on social media show the scale of the destruction, with black smoke billowing from the crash site, damaged cars and residential buildings in flames. Crowds of onlookers have gathered at the… (rt.com) More...

Porter Airlines to order up to 30 Bombardier CSeries CS-100's

As reported by the Wall Street Journal's Jon Ostrower - Porter Airlines to announce Wednesday an order for up to 30 Bombardier CSeries to be based at Toronto Island Airport - an Airport that has up till now banned operations by jet aircraft. (leehamnews.wordpress.com) More...