BREAKING: Woman dies on Brazil-Texas airline flight

HOUSTON (FOX 26) -

A woman who boarded an American Airlines flight bound for Dallas-Fort Worth from Brazil was pronounced dead on the plane.

Flight 962 from Sao Paulo to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport was diverted to Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston after 6:30 a.m. Wednesday when a medical emergency was reported inside the Boeing 777 aircraft.

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BA pilot on $160,000 a year sacked for texting crude photo of himself to woman he met on plane

A British Airways pilot has been sacked after he allegedly sent a sexually explicit photograph of himself to a woman.

Martin Greathurst is understood to have met the woman on a flight operated by another airline. The pair were both passengers.

The pilot is alleged to have later sent her a mobile phone picture message of a sexual nature.

BA managers became aware of the incident after the woman – who is not [...]

Airlines cleared to fly across the North Pole, shaving hours off flight times

Independent.co.uk

Hard-pressed airlines have been handed the perfect Christmas present: permission to fly twin-jet aircraft over the North Pole, saving millions on fuel costs, opening up new destinations and reducing damage to the environment.

The easing of rules about how close twin-jets must keep to diversion airports means faster, cheaper and cleaner flights.

Until now, America’s aviation regulators have insisted that the nearest suitable place to land must be no more than three [...]

Dancer sues airline over ‘disaster movie’ flight

Constant pain: Cecilia Gotborg has to ask choreographers to change routines

A West End dancer is suing an airline after suffering a career-threatening neck injury when her plane plunged hundreds of feet.

Cecilia Gotborg, 29, who has performed on stage in shows such as We Will Rock You and Hair, says she is still in pain almost a year later and has to ask choreographers to change routines and [...]

Update: Israeli media says Boeing 777 safely made emergency landing after its landing gear was crippled. It was headed to New Jersey

El Al jet reporting bad landing gear returns to Tel Aviv, lands safely – Jerusalem Post

Boeing 777 carrying 279 passengers on board takes off en route to New York but forced to return to make emergency landing after technical fault found in left wheel; over 70 MDA rescue teams at scene.

El Al flight 027 carrying 279 passengers landed safely at Ben Gurion Airport on Monday morning after it was forced to make an emergency landing when a technical fault was found [...]

Manufacturing in U.S. Expands at Close to 7 Year High

by Havakasha

I guess that stimulus has helped to get us back on track. Obviously still a LONG bumpy road to go. Huge problems (energy etc.) that are not being tackled due to ideological stupidity.

Manufacturing in U.S. Expands at Close to Seven-Year High
By Shobhana Chandra – Apr 1, 2011 10:49 AM ET

A Boeing 777 jet for Qatar Airways sits on the assembly line at the company’s manufacturing facility in [...]