The US National Transportation Safety Board has said it is investigating a flight that overshot its destination by 150 miles when pilots reportedly got into a “heated discussion” on airline policy. The NTSB said the Airbus A320 became a “no radio communications” flight on Wednesday evening as it travelled at 37,000 feet (11,300 meters) from San Diego, California, prompting fears it had been hijacked.
Major U.S. airlines have launched a $10 round-trip domestic fare increase, marking the fifth industrywide fare hike in 2009 and possibly signaling new pricing power for airlines as they claw their way out of an economic downturn. The increase, initiated earlier this week by Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines, is the second hike in two weeks and has been matched by all network carriers, said Rick Seaney, chief executive of Farecompare.com on Friday
European astronomers recently announced they had discovered 32 new planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, and said on Monday they believe their find means that 40 percent or more of Sun-like stars have such planets. The planets range in size from about five times the size of Earth to about five times the size of Jupiter, they said. More have been discovered, too, they said, promising more announcements later this year
People with knowledge of talks between Fisker Automotive and Delaware officials say the company plans to build vehicles at a former General Motors plant in Wilmington. The head of the California-based producer of electric vehicles said earlier this week that officials would soon announce a U.S. manufacturing site.
The torch relay for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics got underway on Thursday, with the sun’s rays igniting the flame during a brief break in the clouds at the ancient Olympic stadium.
The National Basketball Association said on Thursday that it had signed deals with Time Warner Cable Inc, Cablevision Systems Corp and Dish Network Corp to carry NBA TV, raising its distribution to 45 million U.S. homes
A Mexican drug kingpin who led a fearsome cartel for more than a decade has pleaded guilty to U.S. drug and racketeering charges.
Stocks retreated Friday after cautious forecasts from railroads stirred unease about the economy and a slide in oil hit energy stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 120 points after the comments from railroad CEOs raised worries over how long it would take for a recovery to take hold
A 19-year-old Norwegian student captured the title of the Monopoly World Championship Thursday in Las Vegas.
A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to operating his motorized La-Z-Boy chair while intoxicated.
