In June 1972, Martin McNally boarded an American Airlines flight with a plan that would make headlines across the country. At just 28 years old, McNally hijacked Flight 119, demanding just over ...

In November 1971, a man known only as D.B. Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Flight 305 with a briefcase and a calm demeanor. Airport security was almost nonexistent, and no one suspected a thing—until ...

Alaska Airlines announced the largest fleet order in its history — 110 planes from Boeing through 2035. The airline has ordered 105 737-10 MAX planes and five 787 widebodies. In its purchase agreement ...

Fire destroyed the True Value Hardware store and an attached laundromat in Houston, Minnesota, overnight. More than 70 firefighters taxed the resources of the town of 1,000 people with water lines ...

A man has endorsed one researcher’s theory that infamous skyjacker DB Cooper — who has never been identified — could have been his dad. Inventor, licensed pilot and author Bill Rollins claims Cooper ...

It was Nov. 24, 1971 — Thanksgiving Eve — when a man dressed in a dark business suit and sunglasses took a seat in the last row of a Northwest Orient Airlines flight out of Portland, Oregon. The olive ...

On Nov. 24, 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television. Also on this date: In 1859, British ...

When collecting sports memorabilia, my strategy is simple: Try to get the rarest items of the greatest players. But my collection happens to be equally split between sports and history, and collecting ...

U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,500 weekend flights by Saturday evening as the Federal Aviation Administration's mandate to reduce air traffic because of the government shutdown showed no signs of ...

After two hugely disruptive IT outages in four months, Alaska Airlines is bringing in outside experts to review its entire information technology infrastructure. In July, an unexpected hardware ...

While declines are always a concern, Clark County’s new director of aviation is convinced that passenger counts are cyclical and that a rebound can occur later this year and next year. Harry Reid ...