How to keep yourself calm on commercial airline flights
Here are some ways you can calm your nerves (even if it is only slightly) on your next flight.
Southwest challenged engine maker over speed of safety checks
Southwest Airlines clashed with engine-maker CFM over the timing and cost of proposed inspections after a 2016 engine accident.
Southwest Airlines sought more time for engine inspections
U.S. airline regulators have ordered inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off a Southwest Airlines plane, leading to the death of a woman who was partially blown out a window.
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Southwest Airlines pilot pushed Navy boundaries for flying
The Southwest Airlines pilot being lauded as a hero in a harrowing emergency landing after a passenger was partially blown out of the jet's damaged fuselage is also being hailed for her pioneering role in a career where she has been one of the few women at the controls.
The Latest: Southwest sought more time to inspect engines
The Latest on the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local): 9:45 a.m.
Regulators to require inspections after jet engine explosion
A preliminary examination of the blown jet engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that set off a terrifying chain of events and left a businesswoman hanging half outside a shattered window showed evidence of "metal fatigue," according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
The Latest: Southwest pilots: 'Our hearts are heavy'
The Latest on the plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local): 9:35 a.m.
'That's how she's wired': Pilot lauded for handling crisis
The Southwest Airlines pilot being lauded as a hero in a harrowing emergency landing after a passenger was partially blown out of the jet's damaged fuselage is also being hailed for her pioneering role in a career where she has been one of the few women at the controls.
Southwest flight calls to mind fatal 1980s disasters
An accident triggered regulations governing aging aircraft.
Amazon's reveals its Prime service has 100 million members
Amazon says it has more than 100 million paid Prime members, the first time the company has given out a specific number on its paid subscriber base.
Southwest plane in deadly accident showed ‘metal fatigue’
Southwest jet’s engine failure
Ford uses van service to enter medical transport business
Ford is getting into the non-emergency medical transportation business as it moves toward making money off its experimental ventures in new mobility.
Strike extended, Greek ferries stuck in port until Friday
Ferries to and from the Greek islands are tied up in port due to a 24-hour strike by seamen protesting reforms to their sector.
German government, union seal pay raise for public workers
German government and union negotiators have reached a deal that should give some 2.3 million public-sector workers a wage increase averaging 7.5 percent over the next two years.
Global stocks rise after Wall Street gains for 2nd day
Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Wednesday after Beijing added to a swelling trade dispute with Washington by hiking tariffs on U.S. sorghum.
Jet with engine, window damage makes emergency landing
A Southwest Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Philadelphia's airport with what appears to be a damaged engine on Tuesday.
Asian stocks rise after Wall Street gains for 2nd day
U.S. stocks moved solidly higher in early trading Tuesday, adding to the market's gains from a day earlier.
New Mexico mourns bank executive killed on Southwest plane
Family, friends and community leaders in Albuquerque (AL'-buh-kur-kee), New Mexico, are mourning the death of a bank executive on a Southwest Airlines flight home from a business trip to New York.
The Latest: Southwest to speed up engine inspections
The Latest on a plane making an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local): 12:20 p.m. Southwest Airlines says that one of its planes heading from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Dallas' Love Field landed safely in Philadelphia.














