Lawmakers seek ban on laptops in airliner cockpits

Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles.

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5 white-knuckled minutes aboard Flight 1549

The birds flew majestically, in perfect formation, and the co-pilot saw them coming.

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Pilots outraged by release of cockpit recordings

The main pilots' federation called for a ban on the public release of cockpit voice recordings from deadly crashes, saying Wednesday the final moments of accident victims should not be used for "public entertainment."

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Southwest flight returns to BWI for cockpit smoke

A Southwest Airlines spokeswoman says smoke from a faulty cockpit fan prompted a flight to return to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport shortly after takeoff Sunday.

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NTSB: FAA Hasn't Enacted Recommendations

The Federal Aviation Administration has yet to implement recommendations stemming from several instances in which smoke was reported in the cockpit of a Boeing 757 aircraft, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday.

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New System Aids in Foul-Weather Landings

Nail-biting blind landings in foul weather may soon be a lot less perilous, thanks to a new corporate jet equipment that could also find its way into airliner cockpits.

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Air India has been fined by air transport officials after they were caught packing extra passengers into the pilot's cockpit and even sitting two people inside a plane's toilet.

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A runaway aircraft took off on its own when the pilot could not get into the cockpit on time after swinging the front propellor.

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Four people were aboard an emergency medical helicopter when a duck shattered the windshield and landed in the cockpit.

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Travellers passing through Stockholm's Arlanda airport will soon be able to reserve a place on a different sort of plane as the world's first jumbo jet hostel prepares to take its maiden bookings this Wednesday.

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An investigation is underway into how a gun carried by a US Airways pilot was discharged during a flight. No-one was hurt when the gun went off as the plane was preparing to land at Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday.

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And to think I have a hard enough time figuring out all the buttons on my remote.

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Flight canceled after pilot's foul language ....Northwest Airlines canceled a flight set to leave from Las Vegas to Detroit after the captain cursed on a cell phone in a bathroom, then swore at one of the 180 passengers on the plane... "He used what was described to me as …

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The Pentagon has no plans to release the cockpit video from a U.S. fighter jet involved in an apparent friendly fire incident in Iraq, according to a Pentagon source.

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Without warning, I felt a terrific jolt and heard a loud bang, followed by an eerie silence, save for the hum of the engines. And then the three words I will never forget.

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One thing airplane passengers don't want to see The pilot of a Canadian airliner who went to the washroom during a flight found himself locked out of the cockpit, forcing the crew to remove the door from its hinges to let him back in, the airline said Wednesday.....

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In return, Universal Studios, whose film "United 93" opens this month, has secured exclusive film rights to Moussaoui's execution. (Too cynical?)

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