Unspecified Damages Sought By Family Of National Airlines' Mechanic
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Monday in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois on behalf of the family of an airline employee who was fatally injured when a Boeing 747 cargo plane went down outside Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan on April 29, 2013. Gary P. Stockdale, a mechanic for National Airlines, was aboard the flight when it went down shortly after takeoff.
Key Milestone Will Influence Full-Rate Production Decision
After an extensive testing period, the U.S. Navy announced July 1 in an Initial Operational Test and Evaluation report that its new patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, P-8A Poseidon, was found “operationally effective, operationally suitable, and ready for fleet introduction.”
The U.S. Forest Service, through the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, ID, has directed the repositioning of military Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System aircraft from Colorado Springs, CO, to Mesa, AZ.
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