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Air Disasters

Ask the pilot: A look back at the catastrophic chain of events that caused history's deadliest plane crash 30 years ago.; By Patrick Smith Apr 6, 2007
Ask the pilot: Where are all the artistic tributes to air disasters? Plus: Your in-flight cellphone questions answered.; By Patrick Smith Dec 24, 2004
Ask the pilot: By popular demand: The full, unexpurgated story of what happens when dry ice is mixed with blue toilet acid at 33,000 feet.; By Patrick Smith Oct 3, 2002
Ask the pilot: What are the 10 worst airline crashes of all time?; By Patrick Smith Sep 6, 2002
Crash culture: Who is to blame when a 22-year-old 747 falls from the sky?; By P. Smith May 30, 2002
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 Mar 28, 2002
Turbulence can kill: Investigators are suggesting that Flight 587 may have become fatally entwined in the jet wake of another plane. Stranger things have happened.; By P. Smith Nov 16, 2001
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 Nov 13, 2001
The deadly price of luxury: The Concorde's fatal crash over Paris could mark the end of supersonic travel.; By Diane Seo Jul 26, 2000
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 Feb 18, 2000
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 Feb 3, 2000
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 Dec 6, 1999
Rush to judgment?: U.S., Egyptian officials try to stop the finger-pointing about the Flight 990 crash.; By Fiona Morgan Nov 19, 1999
Grisly precision: Inside the strange world of the NTSB.; By Phaedra Hise Nov 18, 1999
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 Nov 16, 1999
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 Nov 16, 1999
High-tech ambulance chasing?: Attorneys register EgyptAir domain names, seeking to comfort families, not attract clients.; By Anthony York Nov 16, 1999
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 Nov 15, 1999
Decoding EgyptAir: The National Transportation Safety Board is waiting on a final analysis of the cockpit voice recorder of Flight 990 before turning over the investigation to the FBI.; By Fiona Morgan Nov 15, 1999

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