U.S. drops Alaska Airlines crash probe Most wrongful death suits in Flight 261 disaster settled out of courtSean Holstege, STAFF WRITER
(nowSvalbard), north ofNorway, toAlaska.Disputesover the credit for the flight embittered his final years. In 1928 Amundsen lost his life in flying to rescue Nobile from a dirigible crash near Spitsbergen. Amundsen’s books includedThe South Pole(1912) and, with Ellsworth,First Crossing of ...
This past January, Barnetttold TMZhe was concerned that Boeing was returning its 737 Max 9 jets to the sky too quickly, after the incident in which an Alaska Airlines jet's door panel blew off midflight. {{#rendered}}{{/rendered}} "John was a brave, honest man of the highe...
Did Russell Know How to Fly a Plane? Russell did not have a pilot's license or any formal flight training. However, through his job, he had basic knowledge of how to start a plane. When an air traffic controller asked Russell if he felt comfortable flying the plane, he responded: “It...
His death occurred in the middle of litigation and came just as Boeing was grappling with weeks of negative headlines about its safety culture — specifically, repeated problems with its 737 Max planes,including a midflight blowout of a door plugon an Alaska Airlines plane. ...