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Boeing plane orders, deliveries fall in 2008
AP Manufacturing WriterBoeing Co.'s airplane deliveries and orders fell in 2008 as a strike temporarily halted its commercial aircraft operations and airlines grounded planes and reduced flying to cope with high fuel prices and lower demand. The Chicago company on Thursday...Tags: Air Transportation, Boeing Co., Air Transportation Industry, Transportation
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Boeing airplane orders, deliveries slide in '08 as strike, weaker airline demand hurt results
AP Manufacturing WriterPITTSBURGH (AP) — Hurt by a late-year strike and shrinking airline demand, Boeing Co.'s passenger jet deliveries fell 15 percent in 2008, ensuring that archrival Airbus retained its rank as the world's top plane maker. Orders for Boeing planes,...Tags: Boeing Co.
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Victim's estranged wife sues company over deadly helicopter crash in La. that killed 8
Associated Press WriterNEW ORLEANS (AP) — The estranged wife of a worker who died along with seven others in a helicopter crash in southern Louisiana is suing the company that operated the chopper, but the cause of the crash remained under investigation Thursday. The...Tags: Weather Reports, PHI Incorporated, Texas, Louisiana, Air and Space Accidents
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19-year-old pleads guilty in crash that killed 3 teens
Sentinel Staff WriterA 19-year-old man pleaded guilty today to three counts of vehicular homicide and one count of reckless driving in connection with a traffic crash that killed three teenagers, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Michael Vance Spain was racing when his 2001...Tags: Seminole County, People, Kissimmee
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Driver gets 6 months in 2006 fatal DUI crash in Downers Grove
A Homer Glen landscaper who had traces of marijuana and Valium in his system when he caused a car crash that killed a 69-year-old Woodridge woman and seriously injured her husband was sentenced Wednesday to six months in DuPage County Jail after...Tags: Drunk Driving, Woodridge, Road Accidents
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Man charged with reckless homicide in Berwyn crash
A Berwyn man has been charged with reckless homicide and driving under the influence of drugs for causing a nine-car crash Saturday night that killed a man, authorities said. Jimmy Trevino, 34, of the 2220 block of Gunderson Avenue slammed into...Tags: Prosecution, Drunk Driving, Vehicles, Road Accidents, Police Arrests
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Labor board denies Delta Air Lines union request
AP Airlines WriterThe National Mediation Board, which governs airline labor relations, on Wednesday rejected a Delta Air Lines request to review the certification of two of the unions it inherited in its buyout of Northwest Airlines. Granting Delta's request would have...Tags: Delta Air Lines, Unions, Employees, Air Transportation, Michigan
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Passengers pounce on man who made threats aboard L.A.-bound flight
Chris Llewellyn was staring out the window of Delta Airlines Flight 110, watching the landscape of Los Angeles rise up toward the plane, when he heard the screams of a male flight attendant: "Help me! Help me!"
Turning quickly, he saw that a passenger...Tags: Delta Air Lines, Law Enforcement, NBC, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Air Transportation Industry
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Cathay Pacific shares tumble after warning it could lose $1 billion from fuel hedging
AP Business WriterHONG KONG (AP) — Shares in Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. fell sharply Thursday after Asia's third-largest carrier said it could lose nearly $1 billion from hedging its jet fuel costs, adding to the toll on global airlines from bad bets on oil prices....Tags: Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, Commodity Markets, Energy Saving, United Air Lines, Air Transportation
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12 hospitalized after pileup on I-270
The Associated PressMontgomery County authorities said 12 people were sent to three area hospitals after a multi-vehicle pileup before dawn on Interstate 270 in the Rockville area. County fire and rescue spokesman Pete Piringer said the crash occurred shortly before 6 a.m....Tags: Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), Police Investigations, Vehicles, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Continental looks to future with biofuel test
The Associated PressContinental Airlines on Wednesday became the first U.S. commercial carrier to conduct a demonstration flight powered in part by alternative fuels. The Houston-based company, the nation's fourth-largest airline, made the flight with a Boeing 737-800...Tags: Renewable Energy, Continental Airlines Incorporated, Air Transportation, Boeing Co., Petroleum Industry
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Continental becomes first US carrier to make demo flight powered partially with biofuel
AP Business WriterHOUSTON (AP) — Continental Airlines on Wednesday became the first U.S. commercial carrier to conduct a demonstration flight powered in part by alternative fuels, though large-scale use of such fuel is forecast to be several years away. The Houston-...Tags: Energy Saving, Renewable Energy, Continental Airlines Incorporated, Honeywell International Incorporated, Air Transportation
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