A pilot who ordered an emergency evacuation after smoke was detected coming from one of the jet's engines is suing Allegiant Air for firing him. The 43-year-old pilot says Allegiant is putting profits above safety. Allegiant says the evacuation was unnecessary and put passengers at ...
A United Airlines captain threw bullets in a trash bin accessible to passengers and later flushed them down a toilet on board a flight that he was piloting to Germany. The Transportation Security Administration and the airline said Thursday that they were investigating the incident. United ...
The 32 victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck didn't die because the luxury cruise liner crashed into a reef, but due to "chaos, delays, errors" under the captain's watch, a prosecutor contended in final arguments Friday. Francesco Schettino, who captained the Costa Crociere vessel when ...
A Rome university professor is facing a disciplinary hearing after inviting the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner to lecture students on emergency procedures. The dean of Rome's Sapienza University, Luigi Frati, voiced anger Wednesday at the professor's decision to invite Capt. Francesco ...
In the late Edo Period 200 years ago, a Japanese ship crippled by a storm drifted for 484 days, the longest period on record. The 14-member crew was led by Capt. Jukichi, and based on records, it is believed the survivors were the first Japanese ...
The Japan Coast Guard arrests the captain of a Chinese boat on suspicion of illegally fishing for coral in Japan's exclusive economic zone near an island in Okinawa.
