Air Disasters

Another Plane Crashes into the Hudson River, Everyone Survives (Again!)

Ah, the Hudson River! It looks so damn majestic as it flows beneath the George Washington Bridge, and it maintains a nice, wide barrier between us and Jersey City. Oh yeah, and it swallow planes whole. It's a simultaneously heart-warming and bone-chilling landmark. In utterly terrifying news, a sma ... More >>

This is What it's Like to Crash-Land Into the Hudson River

Following the weekend's scary yet ultimately uplifting news of another plane crashing into the Hudson without killing anyone, we revisited the infamous Flight 1549 crash. Maryann Bruce, a passenger on the plane that Captain "Sully" Sullenberger successfully ditched in the river back in 2009, told ... More >>

Will You Fly Again After Seeing Denzel Washington In Flight?

I'm guessing absolutely, since you'll think, "Even when the hydraulics don't work and the plane plummets, a masterful pilot can save lives! "Even though he's completely wasted!" Denzel gives a truly great performance in the tale of personal redemption, and the interesting thing is you're not comp ... More >>

Lost Horizon

The Scoundrel

The Kennedy Curse Strikes Again With New Death

Many of the Kennedy family and their spouses have long been walking car crashes, as doomed as cast members from Saturday Night Live. All those good looks and great connections obviously come with a price. Just yesterday, Mary Richardson Kennedy--RFK Jr.'s troubled estranged wife--was found dead at ... More >>

Occupy Denver Encampment Broken Up; Flight 587 Memorial; Pacquiao Beats Marquez

​Police in Colorado broke up the Occupy Denver encampment, making 17 arrests in the process. The Denver Post reports "Police told the protesters they needed to remove anything that was blocking the sidewalk," and that, according to a spokesperson, "People are still allowed to sleep on the side ... More >>

U.S. Credit Rating Downgraded; 31 American Troops Reportedly Killed in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash; New Orleans Cops Found Guilty

​Standard & Poor's downgraded the United States' long-term credit rating from AAA to AA last night. The company said that the messy and prolonged political squabble around the debt ceiling bill was responsible for the new valuation. "The downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, sta ... More >>

Confusion Surrounds Reports of U.S. Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan

​Earlier, we reported on the helicopter crash in the Wardak province of Afghanistan that killed 31 American troops. The AP briefly reported that "one former U.S. official said that the dead included more than 20 Navy SEALs from SEAL Team Six, the unit that carried out the raid in Pakistan in M ... More >>

Planes Collide in Upstate New York, Killing Two

​According to reports from various news outlets, two small, single-engine planes collided this afternoon above a wooded area in upstate New York approximately 70 miles north of New York City. Two people were killed and one is critically injured -- identities of the three have not been confirme ... More >>

New Yorkers Are Not Letting Cigarettes Kill Them Quite So Much These Days

​Congrats, everyone! In terms of things that kill us, smoking is no longer such a biggie, says the New York City Health Department. Smoking-related deaths are down 17% from the past decade, with a mere 7,200 expiring on account of the nic in 2009. (Back in 2002, that number was at 8,722.)

Update: Former Senator Ted Stevens Killed in Alaskan Plane Crash

Former Senator Ted Stevens​Reports confirm that former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, 86, was on board the plane that crashed in southern Alaska last night while en route to a lodge near Lake Aleknagik. Five of the nine people on the flight are believed dead, though the senator's fate remains unkno ... More >>

PREPARE FOR TAKEOFF

Shannon Sindelar directs Red Over Red

New York Post Declares Geese "Clear and Present Danger," Supports Wiping Them Out

​There's nothing like stoking the fear which sits mostly dormant -- though it's certainly there -- in the bellies of New Yorkers everywhere. Mentioning Giuliani usually gets 'em going, but if you want to cut the crap, mention airplane crashes. Or worse, almost-airplane crashes. That's the stra ... More >>

Chesley Sullenberger, Help Us! Bird-Plane Collisions Soar Toward Record

Reported collisions between airplanes and birds are climbing toward 10,000 for calendar year 2009, and the figures aren't even final yet. Why? Authorities naturally speculate that reports have increased since hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger fought off geese who killed his engines and and ... More >>

BIG BANG

George Bernard Shaw's Misalliance

Chuck Schumer Avenges Humanity Against Urban Wildlife!

At last, one of our elected representatives is fighting back against nature, which as we previously reported is at war with New York, sending cows, wallaroos, feral parrots and other agents to smite us. Chuck Schumer strikes on two fronts: first, he has put in a bill requiring airports to report bir ... More >>

Near-Bankrupt NY Waterway to Sue US Airways for Water Rescue Funds

We mentioned in January that there were signs that the heroic water landing and rescue of US Airways Flight 1549 might result in lawsuits. Now Crain's New York Business reports that NY Waterway, whose ferries helped haul Flight 1549 passengers out of the Hudson River, "is preparing a lawsuit again ... More >>

Buffalo Plane Crash Cause Debated; "Gawkers" Haunt Site

The commuter plane crash in Buffalo continues to be examined. It has been confirmed that Continental Connection Flight 3407 was on autopilot before its fatal descent, which some suggest was a "deadly error" that shielded the pilot from the severity of the situation until it was too late. Once auto ... More >>

Plane from Newark crashes into Buffalo house; 49 killed

Eyewitness footage A commuter plane from Newark, Continental Connection Flight 3407, smashed into a house near Buffalo at 10:20 last night. Everybody on the plane was killed. Reuters: "Doomed plane suddenly lost contact - tower tapes" Buffalo News: "After the crash, tower warned other planes to ... More >>

Continental Connection Flight 3407 from Newark smashes into Buffalo house; all 49 die, plus 1 on ground

Eyewitness footage A commuter plane from Newark, Continental Connection Flight 3407, smashed into a house near Buffalo at 10:20 last night. Everybody on the plane, and one resident of the house, was killed. Two people from the house escaped with minor injuries. Reuters: "Doomed plane suddenly los ... More >>

Sully Fever! Flight 1549 Pilots, Crew Get Keys to the City

Mayor Bloomberg introduced "five real American heroes, the crew of US Airways Flight 1549" at City Hall today in a Key to the City ceremony. Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles, and flight attendants Donna Dent, Sheila Dail and Doreen Walsh received their honors for their d ... More >>

Rescued Singer Ruins Flight 1549 With God, Dance Song

Two weeks ago Bill O'Reilly and a passenger who hinted that he'd like some money threatened to spoil our Flight 1549 buzz. The passenger got named and shamed and appears to be laying low, and no one cares what O'Reilly thinks. But what greed and stupidity could not tarnish, careerism and religion mi ... More >>

More Flight 1549 Porn (Audio)

Hear the manly voice of Captain "Sully" Sullberger tell air traffic controllers "We're gonna be in the Hudson!" Hear the unfazed air controllers try to get him to Teterboro, then remark casually, "He said he was goin' in the Hudson." Read an account of what you're listening to! The FAA has released ... More >>

Passenger, Bill O'Reilly Spoiling "Miracle on the Hudson" Buzz

Remember when US Airways Flight 1549's heroic Hudson River landing made us all feel good about America and ourselves? Well, it's all going to shit. Earlier this week Chicago's Joe Hart, one of the survivors, told USA Today that he'd like to be "made whole for the incident," and we all know what ... More >>

Senators Join Tabloid in War On Birds

This weekend the New York Post called for a goose holocaust to prevent another jetliner from being brought down by birds in the engines as US Airways Flight 1549 was last week. We knew politicians couldn't be too far behind so absurd a curve, and sure enough, today state senators Eric Adams and Hir ... More >>

Crash Landing: Hudson River Rescue Roundup

The remarkable emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 preoccupied news outlets. Some took a new-media angle. "Hudson Plane Crash & Obama Show Social Media Legitimacy," bragged WebProNews, and everyone swooned over the twitpic of the fallen jet taken by Janis Krums from a rescue ferry. Reporte ... More >>

Sparrow, Size Small

Edith Piaf makes a New York Fringe Festival Encore

'We Are Marshall'

Battle Fatigue

A Hare-brained heroine and a military pilot play war games

Out of Control

When air traffic control shares blame for fatal crashes

UPDATE: Two Killed in East Side Crash

Two Killed--and Cory Lidle on Plane

Crash of Civilizations

Railing Against a Very Different Kind of Last-Chance Texaco

Nation

Pilots’-Eye View

The Crash of Flight 587 Raises Questions About Training and Air Traffic Control

Still Bearing Witness

Five Years Later, Flight 800 Still Poses Questions

Rubber-Stamping Flight 800

The Crash Investigation Lands, and the Controversy Soars

Flight 800's Last Stage

The Four-Year Investigation Ends, the Mystery Endures

Crash Test Dummies

Scattered Clues

New shadows darken the TWA Flight 800 probe

FDR Redux?

High-ranking Military Officers, Independent Investigators, Pilots, and Eyewitnesses Believe a Missle Destroyed TWA Flight 800

Ships Ahoy!

Flight 800: The Missing Evidence

When Suspicious Debris Arrived in the Hangar the FBI Took It Away