The birds flew majestically, in perfect formation, and the co-pilot saw them coming. For a moment, it looked like they would pass beneath US Airways Flight 1549, but when Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger looked up, they were there in his windscreen. Big. Dark brown. Lots of them. ...more

January 18, 2009

The pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 has told investigators that he landed in the Hudson River to avoid "catastrophic consequences" over a populated area. ...more

January 18, 2009

Investigators brought in a giant crane and a barge Friday to help pull a US Airways jetliner from the Hudson River, and survivors among the 155 people aboard recounted tales of horror and hailed the pilot as a hero who delivered them from certain death. ...more

January 16, 2009

On Dec. 13, one witness was outside talking with a neighbor when he saw an Ercoupe 415-D flying southwest. ...more

January 14, 2009

U.S. commercial aviation achieved a record second consecutive year with no fatal accidents in 2008, and it was one of the safest years worldwide for air travel, the British aviation consulting firm Ascend said in its year-end report. ...more

January 14, 2009

U.S. commercial aviation achieved a record second consecutive year with no fatal accidents in 2008, while last year was one of the safest years worldwide for air travel, the British aviation consulting firm Ascend said in its year-end report. ...more

January 13, 2009

The National Transportation Safety Board still hasn't concluded the investigation of the June 20 plane crash that killed Mason Smoak and a University of Kentucky professor. ...more

January 2, 2009

Crash investigator Dennis Diaz doesn't know why the Ercoupe 415 broke up in mid-air and crashed into the Golf Hammock golf course on Dec. 13. ...more

January 2, 2009

Witnesses to January's single-engine plane crash into Old Tampa Bay said they saw the plane bank right and then left, then sweep up into the air before stalling and plunging into the water, according to federal investigators. ...more

December 25, 2008

Federal investigators say witnesses to a January single-engine plane crash into Old Tampa Bay said they saw the plane bank right and then left, then sweep up into the air before stalling and plunging into the water. ...more

December 22, 2008