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Air Disasters

Air travel's communications killer Twenty-five years ago, the greatest disaster in airline history killed 538 people, in part because of a radio glitch that still hasn't been fixed.
By P. Smith [03/28/02]

Fear of family flying With terrorist threats to the left and air disasters to the right, why would anyone pack up two kids to fly to New York for Thanksgiving?
By Andrew Leonard [11/13/01]

The deadly price of luxury The Concorde's fatal crash over Paris could mark the end of supersonic travel.
By Diane Seo [07/26/00]

Aerial ambulance chasing A lawsuit claims the Alaska Air pilots should have landed instead of trying to figure out what was wrong -- but the doomed men did the right thing.
By Phaedra Hise [02/18/00]

Do airlines ever cut corners on maintenance? Pilots and mechanics admit privately that sometimes whether a part -- or a plane -- needs work is a matter of opinion and negotiation.
By Phaedra Hise [02/03/00]

Crash course in ethics How accurate are airline crash investigations if the people conducting them have a financial stake in the outcome?
By Michael Alvear [12/06/99]

Rush to judgment? U.S., Egyptian officials try to stop the finger-pointing about the Flight 990 crash.
By Fiona Morgan [11/19/99]

Grisly precision Inside the strange world of the NTSB.
By Phaedra Hise [11/18/99]

Pilots ponder the mysteries of EgyptAir crash Those who fly planes want to know why the autopilot was disconnected, the engines were shut down and nobody contacted air-traffic controllers.
By Phaedra Hise [11/16/99]

Did relief pilot seize control from captain? As Egyptians protest the move toward a criminal probe, reports emerge that a crew member said a prayer and plunged the plane into the ocean.
By Alicia Montgomery, Fiona Morgan and Daryl Lindsey [11/16/99]

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