Plane Evacuated Using Slides After Smoke Reported In Cabin
Tuesday was supposed to mark the grand arrival of the Emirates
Airlines Airbus A380 at Los Angeles International Airport, complete
with a water cannon salute. But the big airliner was upstaged by
the emergency landing of American Airlines Flight 31, which had
just taken off from LAX to Honolulu about 8:48am, when the pilot
thought he smelled smoke in the cabin.
Hoping to block American Airlines' reliance on flight crews
flying more hours to maintain schedules, even as the airline moves
to furlough 200 pilots, the Allied Pilots Association sued the
carrier Friday for the right to tell its members not to work
voluntary overtime.
Following a highly-visible incident onboard a Qantas Airways
Boeing 747 last month, and two less serious incidents over the past
10 days, Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority says it will
investigate safety standards at the Australian flag carrier.
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