A gauge indicating that overheated air was entering a Spanair jetliner forced pilots to abandon a takeoff about an hour before the plane crashed in flames, but airline officials refused to speculate Thursday on the cause of the accident that killed 153 people. ...more

August 22, 2008

A jetliner heading to the popular Canary Islands vacation resort crashed during takeoff Wednesday, turning a wooded area off the end of a runway into a nightmarish scene of charred bodies and smoldering wreckage. About 153 were believed dead in Spain's worst air disaster in nearly 25 years. ...more

August 21, 2008

A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles to stand trial in El Paso on immigration fraud charges. ...more

August 15, 2008

The Boeing Co. says it has completed the process of powering up its 787 jetliner, marking a major milestone for the much-delayed program. ...more

June 21, 2008

A Sudanese Airbus carrying 214 people veered off the runway in a thunderstorm and burst into flames late Tuesday, killing dozens unable to escape the inferno. Officials said more than 100 people fled the plane before it was engulfed by towering orange flames. ...more

June 11, 2008

A Miami-bound jetliner overshot a runway, raced onto a busy street and slammed into an embankment in the Honduran capital Friday, killing the pilot, two passengers and a motorist. ...more

May 31, 2008

A top Hezbollah commander, long sought by the United States for his role in terrorist attacks that killed hundreds of Americans in the 1980s, died Tuesday night in Damascus when a bomb detonated under the car he was in, Syrian officials said. ...more

February 14, 2008

Confetti the miniature horse is Cheryl Spencer's eyes and goes with her everywhere, one of the few guide horses helping the blind in this country. ...more

December 17, 2007

The world's largest jetliner made aviation history Thursday, completing its first commercial flight from Singapore to Sydney, Australia, with 455 passengers, some of them ensconced in luxury suites and double beds. ...more

October 26, 2007

The sun shone with peculiar brightness on a reverent crowd gathered around the 9-11 memorial at Oldsmar Fire Rescue Tuesday. It was the sixth anniversary of the terror attacks. ...more

September 15, 2007