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United, Huntleigh Resolve Last 9/11 Wrongful Death Claim in N.Y.

United Continental Holdings Inc. (UAL), the world’s biggest airline, and security contractor Huntleigh USA Corp. have resolved the last Sept. 11, 2001, wrongful death lawsuit in New York.

United Airlines pilots to use iPad for navigation

United Airlines said Tuesday it was replacing the hefty flight manuals and chart books its pilots have long used with 11,000 iPads carrying the same data.

Plane returns, fighter jets scrambled, after fight over reclined seat

Ashley Halsey III The Washington Post 05/31/2011
Plane returns, fighter jets scrambled, after fight over reclined seat

Before things got out of hand, it was a typical annoyance that happens once a flight gets airborne: A passenger hit the recline button and sent his seat intimately close to the lap of the guy sitting behind him. What followed wasn’t typical at all: a smack to the head, peacemakers diving about the cabin to intervene and a pair of Air Force F-16 fighter jets scrambling into the night skies over Washington.

United Airlines apologizes for reusing 9/11 flight numbers

United Airlines is apologizing for briefly restarting use of flight numbers of two planes that crashed after being hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001.

Coffee spill diverts United Airlines flight, Transport Canada says

Don't underestimate the power of a spilled cup of coffee. A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, was diverted to Toronto this week after the pilot dumped a cup of coffee on the plane's communication's equipment. The unwanted liquid triggered a series of emergency codes, including one for a hijacking, according to Transport Canada, the agency that regulates transportation in Canada.

Boy, 9, forgotten at Chicago airport by airline staff

A nine-year-old boy was forgotten in a Chicago airport waiting room Saturday for nearly eight hours after an airline representative failed to put him on a connecting flight, the Ottawa Citizen reported.

United flight hits severe turbulence over Kansas; 30 injured

A United Airlines jetliner was diverted to Denver after 30 people onboard were injured, one critically, when the plane hit severe turbulence while flying over Kansas, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

United Airlines plane evacuated for stinky bag, delayed 6 hours

San Francisco International Airport officials say a Chicago-bound flight was evacuated and delayed six hours after a crew member smelled a strange odor coming from a carry-on bag.

United Airlines Jet Makes Emergency Landing at New Jersey Airport

A. G. SULZBERGER and NATE SCHWEBER The New York Times 01/10/2010
United and Continental Airlines to form world's largest airline

United and Continental Airlines said on Monday they're forming the world's largest airline in a deal worth about $3 billion.

United Airlines Jet Makes Emergency Landing at New Jersey Airport

The plane was well into its final descent toward Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday morning when it began a sudden and unmistakable climb. There was “a little problem,” the pilot told the 48 passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 634.


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