Southwest Airlines ordered inspections of nearly 200 aircraft after a football-sized hole opened up in the passenger cabin of a plane during flight, forcing an emergency landing in West Virginia. ...more

July 14, 2009

A USAirways jet from Philadelphia blew its front tires as it landed at Tampa International Airport this afternoon, forcing airport officials to close one runway. No injuries were reported in the incident. ...more

June 27, 2009

In 1999, pro golfer Payne Stewart and five others died in a crash of a flight bound from Orlando to Dallas that wound up in South Dakota. The occupants of the Learjet apparently succumbed to altitude-induced hypoxia, caused by loss of cabin pressure. ...more

March 28, 2009

In 1999, pro golfer Payne Stewart and five others died in a crash of a flight bound from Orlando to Dallas that wound up in South Dakota. The occupants of the Learjet apparently succumbed to altitude-induced hypoxia, caused by loss of cabin pressure. ...more

March 27, 2009

U.S. commercial aviation achieved a record second consecutive year with no fatal accidents in 2008, and it was one of the safest years worldwide for air travel, the British aviation consulting firm Ascend said in its year-end report. ...more

January 14, 2009

U.S. commercial aviation achieved a record second consecutive year with no fatal accidents in 2008, while last year was one of the safest years worldwide for air travel, the British aviation consulting firm Ascend said in its year-end report. ...more

January 13, 2009

Jeff Roth, owner of Chasco Machine and Manufacturing Inc. in New Port Richey, said Hernando County made him a relocation offer he just couldn't refuse. ...more

December 27, 2008

Jeff Roth, owner of Chasco Machine and Manufacturing Inc. in New Port Richey, said Hernando County made him a relocation offer he just couldn't refuse. ...more

December 24, 2008

More than seven years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, federal officials are closing a huge gap in commercial aviation security by screening all cargo carried in the bellies of narrow-body passenger airliners. ...more

November 12, 2008

The Transportation Security Administration has begun to screen all cargo carried in the bellies of narrow-body aircraft, including flights at Tampa International Airport and St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, a TSA spokesman said today. ...more

November 11, 2008