Kobe Bryant’s pilot had special permission to fly Sunday morning before crash. Here’s what else we know

Federal investigators are beginning to piece together the moments before a helicopter crashed into a Calabasas, California, hillside Sunday, killing nine people, including NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his teenage daughter. On Monday, the National Transportation Safety Board said that in his…

British Airways Flights Grounded For 48 Hours As 4,000 Pilots Walk Out Over Pay

Almost all British Airways flights have been grounded for 48 hours as 4,000 pilots stage their first ever strike over a pay dispute and cost-cutting at the U.K.’s flag carrier. Some 1,700 flights have been cancelled amid the disruption, while…

Plane passenger: Pilot didn’t tell fliers of near-calamity

A top California state official said Wednesday he was a passenger on an Air Canada jet that nearly landed on a taxiway where four other planes were sitting rather than the designated runway at San Francisco International Airport. California Insurance…