Jet wing strikes building at Johannesburg airport

A jetliner's wing sliced through a building Sunday night at the airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, just as the plane was about to take off. (worldnews.nbcnews.com) Mais...

Amelia Earhart New Clues Revealed

Articles found on remote island possibly belonged to Amelia Earhart (news.blogs.cnn.com) Mais...

What's in an airport name? Sometimes it's aviation history

Former presidents George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln and Bill Clinton all have airports named for them. So do former cabinet secretaries John Foster Dulles and Norman Y. Mineta and celebrities as varied as John Wayne, Bob Hope, Louis Armstrong, Will Rogers and Arnold Palmer. There's also a long-held tradition of naming airports, airfields and terminals for people with links to aviation history. Here are a dozen to explore. (www.usatoday.com) Mais...

Ask the Captain: Dealing with in-flight health emergencies

Question: On my last flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas, we had a passenger develop a medical emergency. The pilot chose to divert the flight to Denver to get the passenger medical attention. How much of a challenge is it for a pilot to accommodate an unscheduled landing? Is it more challenging if the diversion airport is more prone to weather issues than the original destination, i.e. sunny California vs. a snowy Denver? (www.usatoday.com) Mais...

History of O'Hare International Airport

In 1945, a Site Selection Committee appointed by Mayor Edward Kelly chose Orchard Field, the location of a Douglas aircraft assembly plant located on the northwest side of Chicago, as the site for a new Chicago airport. The site had four concrete runways. (www.ohare.com) Mais...

In the virtual cockpit: What it takes to fly a drone

Drone pilots escape the physical demands and dangers of a traditional cockpit. There's no g-force pinning them to their seats, no uncomfortable pressure suit to wear and no panic because the aircraft they are sitting in is spiraling out of control. (www.nbcnews.com) Mais...

FAA overhauls airline pilot training requirements

One of the new requirements for pilots requires airlines to provide better training on how to prevent and recover from an aerodynamic stall. (news.msn.com) Mais...

O'Hare runway ready to fly

A new runway opens for business Thursday at O'Hare International Airport, a part of a much larger and costly expansion expected to eat away at delays that are among the worst in the nation. But the 10,800-foot stretch of pavement, with its anticipated increase in flights, has also triggered an uproar over jet noise that is expected to skew toward Chicago's Northwest Side and the western suburbs. (www.chicagotribune.com) Mais...

Ground stop in effect at O'Hare and Midway airports

A ground stop is in effect at O'Hare and Midway airports after smoke was reported in the TRACON facility in Elgin. (www.myfoxchicago.com) Mais...

Southwest Airlines struggles with being on time

A major airline in Chicago suddenly can't seem to get passengers to their destinations on time, posting worst-in-the-industry on-time rates. But, surprise. It's not an airline that cynics love to hate, mega-carriers United Airlines or American Airlines. And it's not an ultra-discounter like Spirit Airlines. (www.chicagotribune.com) Mais...