Police have no plan to further question ill-fated jetliner`s pilot

"Yogtakarta police spokesman Adjunct Senior Commissioner Budi Santoso said here on Tuesday although the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) had officially announced the cause of the accident, the police had yet to plan the further questioning of pilot Marwoto...

Can Hugo Chavez's Cinema Villa Studio Contend With Hollywood?

"Unhappy with what he considers Hollywood's monopoly on the silver screen, President Hugo Chavez is bankrolling Venezuelan movies through a state-run film studio. Now rolling: a biopic about Luis Posada Carriles, the former CIA operative who lives freely in the United States...

Pilots and Passengers Foil Hijacker

This is a pretty cool story; a friend from South Africa sent me this link. Hijackers, don't mess with Mauritania!"A fast-thinking pilot, with the help of passengers, fooled a gunman who had hijacked a jetliner flying from Africa to the Canary Islands, braking hard upon...

Can't confirm number of crash survivors: Indonesian official

"Indonesia's head of aviation said Tuesday he can't confirm how many people survived a jetliner crash that killed at least 90 people. National aviation chief Ichsan Tatang told the Associated Press that he couldn't confirm earlier reports that 12 people survived Monday's...

Brazil air force finds jetliner wreckage

"Brazilian air force pilots spotted the wrecked fusilage of a jetliner that crashed deep in the Amazon jungle on Saturday, and an aviation official said it was unlikely any of the 155 people aboard had survived. The president of Brazil's airport authority, Jose Carlos...