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4 Rescued After Dramatic Airplane Ditch in Gulf

NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 5) - With his engine failing, the pilot of a single-engine plane managed to maneuver the craft and three passengers to a safe splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford said the pilot of the Piper Malibu reported engine trouble around 2 p.m....

Did NC Teen Found Dead Fall From a Plane?

(Nov. 24) -- Relatives and friends of a North Carolina teenager are struggling to understand how his battered body came to be found in an upscale neighborhood in a Boston suburb, as authorities considered the possibility that he was a stowaway who fell from an airplane. The remains of Delvonte Tisdale, a 16-year-old high...

Two Men Removed From Plane in Denver, but Why?

(Nov. 23) -- Passengers on a US Airways flight from Charlotte to Denver witnessed an unusual scene on Tuesday. Once the plane had landed it was boarded by officials who searched the aircraft with a dog. Then, according to an Associated Press reporter who happened to be on Flight 1525, "uniformed officers" inexplicably...

Cargo Jet Slides Off Runway in Snow-Covered Seattle

(Nov. 22) -- It's not the start to the holiday travel season that one might have hoped for. This afternoon, a 747 cargo jet operated by Dynasty Air/Ocean Freight Co. slid off the runway at Seattle's Sea-Tac Airport during the city's first snowfall of the year, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The pilots...

Suspected Bomb Found on Flight to Germany

(Nov. 18) -- A suspicious suitcase packed with a detonator, batteries and a ticking clock has been discovered amid luggage checked onto a plane in Africa about to take off for Germany. Baggage handlers in Namibia detected the suspicious luggage just before it was loaded onto an Air Berlin flight carrying more than 300...

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