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February 05, 2009

Flight 1549 Recordings Released By FAA

"We're Gonna Be In The Hudson"

One day after the National Transportation Safety Board issued a report confirming multiple bird strikes led to the January 15 downing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, the FAA released audio recordings and transcripts of communications between Captain Chesley Sullenberger, and controllers at LaGuardia International Airport (LGA) and the New York TRACON.

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New Lawsuit Filed In Continental 1404 Accident

Attorney Claims Airline's 'Standard Of Care Was Lacking'

A Dallas, TX-based law firm filed a lawsuit against Continental Airlines Wednesday,  charging that the airline's negligence played a role in a December 2008 plane crash at Denver International Airport that injured 38 passengers.

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Pratt & Whitney Completes Geared Turbofan Demonstrator Testing

First PurePower PW1000G Wraps Up Ground And Flight Trials

Pratt & Whitney has completed ground and flight testing of the PurePower PW1000G demonstrator engine. The final phase of testing was completed jointly with Airbus on an A340-600 flight test aircraft and included 27 flights and more than 75 hours of flight testing.

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JetBlue Pilots Union Vote Falls Short

Carrier Remains Free Of Organized Labor Groups

An effort to unionize pilots flying for low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways fell short of the required majority of votes, according to numbers released Tuesday by the National Mediation Board.

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NTSB Confirms Bird Remains On Flight 1549 Engines

Earlier Surge Unrelated To Incident

A third update from the National Transportation Safety Board on its investigation of US Airways Flight 1549 confirmed Wednesday the remains of birds were found in both engines of the Airbus A320, which became famous in "The Miracle on the Hudson."

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Korean Air Orders Two More A380s

Program Reaches 200-Order Mark

The Airbus superjumbo program received a welcome boost this week, as Korean Air placed exercised options for two more A380s. This latest purchase agreement brings the total number of A380s ordered by Korean Air to 10 aircraft.

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