Garuda death-flight pilot 'deliberately crashed plane'

Marwoto Komar was the  pilot of a plane that crashed in the city of Yogyakarta last year, killing 21 people , including five Australians. " PROSECUTORS will argue today that Garuda pilot Marwoto Komar deliberately crashed the Boeing 737-400 that ended up in a fireball...

Dad sues eloped daughter for $1M

Mustering pilot runs off with cattle baron's daughter in 1986, parents suing daughter and soon to be ex son-in-law. The case involved $1m and whether it was a loan or gift. " AN AUSTRALIAN cattle baron is suing...

Banner Plane Crashes in Myrtle Beach, SC

The State newspaper is reporting that 2 Adverisment- Banner Plane Crashes in Myrtle Beach RAW: Banner plane crashes in North Myrtle Beach Slideshow WIS-TV - " NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - A section of...

United Airlines to temporarily lay off 950 pilots

"United Airlines will temporarily lay off about 950 pilots by the end of 2009 as a result of plans to reduce the fleet by 100 aircraft to cope with surging oil prices, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. ...

Indonesian spy to face charges over activist`s murder: police

"A former top spy in Indonesia's intelligence agency is facing charges of premeditated murder over the 2004 poisoning death of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, police said Friday.Muchdi Purwopranjono, an ex-deputy chief of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), turned...

Gaps In McCain's Military Record Raise Questions

""At a meeting in his Pentagon office in early 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman told Capt. John S. McCain III that he was about to attain his life ambition: becoming an admiral.... Mr. McCain declined...

Survivors of Chilean Plane Crash Considered Eating Pilot

Under incredibly arduous conditions, survivors of a plane crash in Chile who were trapped for five days, contemplated cannibalism as they battled to survive."Survivors of a plane crash in southern Chile who spent five days huddled in a broken fuselage in sub-zero temperatures...

Pilot of crash plane 'over limit'

A pilot who killed himself and his family in a firey crash in the UK has been shown to have been five times over the legal alcohol limit. He had already had his flying license revoked three months before for health reasons."The pilot and co-pilot of a fatal light aircraft...

Can mobiles make you infertile?

Can the radiation emerging from mobile phones cause impotency, this subject has been debated on many occasions. There have been reports coming time to time which claims that excessive mobile usage slows down sperm...

ATR may have been damaged in 'barrel roll'

"Danish civil aviation administration SLV is awaiting a detailed statement from regional airline Cimber Air after suspecting that one of its ATR 42-500 turboprops exceeded flight limits by performing a 360° longitudinal roll. Investigations began when the Danish...

How do pilots spell relief: AMXD

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Where do fighter pilots traveling faster than the speed of sound go when they really need to "go"?...

Stoltz boards Sci Fi's "Caprica"

I guess this is a good thing.  I can't seem to get into Battlestar Galactica but it is clearly a quality program.  Hopefully, this will be to.  Even if it's not, it got to be better than the "Attack...

Four British men on missing plane in Brazil

A small aircraft has gone missing off the north-east coast of Brazil with four British men on board. It appears that the aircraft just vanished into thin air."The Foreign Office confirmed that Alan Kempson, Sean...

Engine fault 'caused Sudan crash'

"Engine failure has been blamed for a plane crash in which South Sudan's defence minister was killed along with at least 22 other people. "Two engines failed and there was nothing the pilot could do," said Salva Kiir, President of South Sudan."

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