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FAA releases recordings of wayward jet One of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot the Minneapolis, Minnesota, airport last month told air traffic control that they had dropped from radio contact because of "cockpit distraction." (www.cnn.com)
Project to give Denver an airport rail link to begin this summer DENVER (AP) — Construction of a $1.3 billion train from downtown Denver to the airport is expected to begin this summer. The acting chief of the metro area's Regional Transportation District, Phillip Washington, announced Tuesday night that the agency would contract with a public-private partnership to build the train. Work is expected to start in August.
A wild ride on NASA's massive flight simulator There I was, staking my claim to a pilot's slot in one of NASA's next-generation lunar landers, and to be perfectly frank, I think I'd better not quit my day job. "I think we probably walked away from that," said NASA aerospace engineer Eric Mueller, after one rough touchdown. It was an overly charitable assessment of my performance. I'd hate to know what he was really th . . . (news.cnet.com)
Zimbabwe cargo plane crashes in China, killing 3 A Zimbabwe cargo plane crashed as it took off Saturday from Shanghai's main international airport, killing three crew members, a government official said. The official Xinhua News Agency cited Shanghai's municipal information office as saying three people died. A man answering the phone there confirmed the deaths and said one other crew member was seriously injured, with the other . . . (www.google.com)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Aviation firm Executive Beechcraft has sued Kansas City for creating a competing terminal project at the Wheeler Downtown Airport.
The Kansas City Star reported Friday that the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Jackson County Court, claims the city failed to tell Executive Beechcraft's ow . . . (www.fox2now.com)
With air security, travelers are flying blind The Transportation Security Administration likes to keep terrorists guessing. Apparently, it likes to keep travelers guessing, too. And we do. Shoes on -- or off? Laptop computer in the bag -- or on the conveyor belt? And tickets: middle name, middle initial or just first and last? Oh, and are they going to pull you over at the gate for additional screening? (www.washingtonpost.com)
