Fatigue affecting the flight crew may have contributed to a plane crash that killed 50 people in February near Buffalo, New York, according to testimony at an investigative hearing. National Transportation Safety Board hearings this week suggested that crews on a number of airlines could be suffering from lack of sleep
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Screams, ‘We’re down,’ recorded in cockpit of crashing plane
The pilot of a doomed plane that crashed, killing 50 people, said "Jesus Christ" and "We’re down," seconds before the plane hurtled from the night sky into a house outside Buffalo, New York, in February.
Analysis: What journalist’s release means for Iran, U.S. relations
Iran’s Judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi said Monday that journalist Roxana Saberi’s sentence was commuted as a gesture of "Islamic mercy" because she expressed regret and cooperated with authorities. Some Iranian sources also tell CNN her release is a gesture to President Obama who publicly insisted Saberi had not been spying for the United States.
Investigator: Texting driver should have seen stopped trolley
The operator of a trolley that rear-ended another trolley should have been able to see the other vehicle was stopped 480 feet ahead, a federal investigator said Monday. The trolley driver has told investigators he was text messaging during Friday night’s collision, which injured 20 people
Get out of house with Chinese drywall, doctor tells family
Yorelle Haroush fled a million-dollar South Florida home this week, chased out, she said, by drywall made in China that’s emitting vapors that smell like rotten eggs. “It’s making me sick
Chinese boats harassed U.S. ship, officials say
Two Chinese fishing vessels came "dangerously close" to a U.S. military ship in the Yellow Sea off the coast of China last week — the fifth such incident in the past few months, two U.S. officials told CNN Tuesday.
Joint Chiefs chairman: Afghanistan now top priority
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Postponed proms, hand sanitizer signs of the times in swine flu era
Nick Stevens was supposed to be spending Saturday night eight stories above the Texas Motor Speedway, partying with classmates at Guyer High School’s senior prom.
Pirates’ former hostage favors more government protection
Richard Phillips, the cargo-ship captain whose capture by pirates triggered a dramatic U.S.
Newly opened database shows airplane bird strikes not rare
Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger’s run-in with a flock of Canada geese may be the most famous man-versus-nature story in recent months