The documents arise from a 1976 request by Peter C. Byrne, a self-styled adventurer who at the time ran The Bigfoot Information Center and Exhibition in The Dalles, Oregon.
A day after the president of an American pilots union called on Boeing to “stop blaming dead pilots,” controversy continued to reverberate around some U.S. claims that pilot error may have been a major factor in the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes.
Pilots for American Airlines and other carriers were falsely reassured last November about how the warning light operated.
From the flight’s first moments, a false sensor signal had activated the “stick shaker,” vibrating the control column as a stall warning, and giving the pilot alerts that their airspeed, altitude and pitch readings were unreliable.
A federal grand jury investigation is looking into the approval process for the new Boeing plane, two of which have crashed since October.
Regulators outside the US said they will give independent scrutiny to the company’s plans before allowing the planes to fly again.
Investigators found the plane’s jackscrew was in an unusual position, according to an aviation safety consultant briefed on the findings.
Twin monarchs of the Pacific Northwest, chinook salmon and southern resident orcas, are struggling for survival after a century of habitat losses.
Seattle-based Alaska Air Group, parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, reported its fourth quarter and full year 2018 earnings Thursday, showing a large drop in earnings compared to a year ago, when results were boosted by $274 million Trump tax benefit.
The new openings include maintenance technicians, airport operations, customer service, cargo specialists, flight attendants and pilots, with three-quarters of the jobs in Washington state.
The trouble started with a wait of almost two hours on the ground in Boston in an uncomfortably warm plane.
This burn is intended to consume downed wood, brush and low-lying limbs, helping create a defensible space where firefighters could make a stand should there be another threatening summer blaze.
