FARMINGTON, Pa. — A plane crash on the grounds of a posh Pennsylvania resort that killed three Maryland men stemmed from a front cabin door opening during takeoff, federal investigators have concluded. The National Transportation Safety Board said the open ...

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POWELL, Wyo. — Federal investigators have determined that a plane crash near Cody that killed four people last year was likely caused by a failed engine. An April report from the National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot, 66-year-old Don ...

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CUMBERLAND — Two high-flying brothers are proposing an aviation museum at the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport. The Cumberland Times-News reports that retired Northwest Airlines captain Steve Van Kirk says he and his brother Malcolm have eight airplanes and an extensive ...

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DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. is rolling out some new, larger planes that will start hauling passengers next month. The airline introduced its first Boeing 737-800 on Wednesday during a launch party for several hundred employees in a hangar at ...

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WASHINGTON — Being stuck for hours on a stuffy, stinky plane at the airport — every passenger’s nightmare — was supposed to be a thing of the past, thanks to the government’s threat of huge fines against the airlines. Well, ...

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PHOENIX — A Southwest Airlines jetliner that had a fuselage rupture above Arizona early this month has left the state after being repaired. The Boeing 737-300 has been repainted and there is no sign of the 5-foot gash that opened ...

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ATLANTA — Despite tough talk on the Internet, there was little if any indication of a passenger revolt at many major U.S. airports, with very few people declining the X-ray scan that can peer through their clothes. Those who refuse ...

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