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United Airlines CEO tries to reassure customers that the airline is safe despite recent incidents

Mar. 18, 2024 12:19 PM EDT

The CEO of United Airlines says that a slew of recent incidents ranging from a piece of aluminum skin falling off a plane to another jet losing a wheel on takeoff will cause the airline to review its safety training for employees. CEO Scott Kirby said the airline was already planning...

United Airlines plane makes a safe emergency landing in LA after losing a tire during takeoff

Mar. 07, 2024 19:45 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A United Airlines jetliner bound for Japan made a safe landing in Los Angeles on Thursday after losing a tire while taking off from San Francisco. Video shows the plane losing one of the six tires on its left-side main landing gear assembly seconds after...

A jet's carbon-composite fiber fuselage burned on a Tokyo runway. Is the material safe?

Jan. 03, 2024 18:23 PM EST

The fuselage of the jetliner involved in a collision on a Tokyo runway was made from carbon-composite fibers, and the incident is renewing concern about the challenges of putting out fires involving the material. The fire is shaping up as a key test of the safety of composite...

Planes collide and catch fire at Japan's busy Haneda airport, killing 5. Hundreds evacuated safely

Jan. 02, 2024 19:53 PM EST

TOKYO (AP) — A large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing five people aboard the coast guard plane, officials said. All 379 people on Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 got out...