Business

‘Amazing’: Pilots, passenger uninjured after midair crash

DENVER — The pilot of an airplane that collided with another midair near Denver requested emergency landing for engine failure, not knowing that his plane was nearly ripped in half, according to air traffic control audio.

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford piloting plane that wrongly crosses runway

HAWTHORNE, Calif. — Harrison Ford was piloting a plane that wrongly crossed a runway where another plane was landing, and federal authorities are investigating, officials and a representative...

Transportation

Many airline flights nearly empty as virus undercuts travel

Airline service in the United States is teetering on the brink of collapse, with near-empty planes and coronavirus outbreaks that have left some air traffic control towers empty.

Michael Pence

The Latest: Japan urges against nonessential travel to US

TOKYO — The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 307,200 people and killed more than 13,000. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people,...

Virus Outbreak

NY airports, hospitals feel pressure as virus alarms grow

NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state is scouring the globe for medical supplies and scouting temporary hospital locations as the coronavirus crisis grows. Flights to New York...

Los Angeles

Kobe Bryant helicopter had nearly cleared blinding clouds

LOS ANGELES — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant and eight others was almost out of blinding clouds when he suddenly plunged and crashed into a Southern...

Los Angeles

Kobe helicopter tried to climb to avoid clouds before crash

CALABASAS, Calif. — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed into a hillside outside Los Angeles, killing former NBA superstarKobe Bryant and eight others, told air traffic controllers in his...