A Hawaiian Airlines pilot said a flight last month hit turbulence, injuring 25 people, right after a cloud shot up vertically like a smoke plume, according to a federal report.
Tag: Airlines and Airplanes
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NOAA Program Gathers Data Far Above the Pacific to Forecast Deadly Storms
A Times reporter and photographer rode along with a team gathering data on the colossal atmospheric rivers that have drenched the state.
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Bob Jordan, Southwest Airlines’ CEO, on What Went Wrong
Southwest Airlines’ chief executive, Bob Jordan, said frigid temperatures and mistakes by the company caused its meltdown around Christmas.
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FAA Outage Highlights Fragility of the Aviation System
The Federal Aviation Administration halted flights Wednesday morning after a system to alert pilots to safety issues went down, just two weeks after a major Southwest Airlines meltdown.
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Thousands of Airline Passengers Affected by FAA System Outage
For the second time in recent weeks, the U.S. airline industry faced major delays. This time, it wasn’t the airlines’ fault.