First African American Chief Pilot To Fly With A U.S. Airline Retires After 36 Years With Southwest
A pioneering African American pilot made his last flight into Chicago on Thursday following a four-decade career.
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A pioneering African American pilot made his last flight into Chicago on Thursday following a four-decade career.
Cell phone video of the incident on Flight 3630 shows an airline employee pinning the man to the floor of the plane at McCarran Airport.
The Earle STEM Academy chess team is getting free airfare to the U.S. Chess Federation's Supernationals in Nashville.
A Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Midway International Airport on Thursday, after apparently striking a bird during takeoff.
A man from southwest suburban Worth is suing Southwest Airlines because he said he was injured when a flight attendant spilled a hot liquid on his neck and back.
It made the landing because of "potential" smoke in the cockpit, a spokeswoman said.
Passengers had some surprise entertainment when Zach Haumesser talked over the speakers as their aircraft landed in Chicago last week.
Travelers flying Southwest out of Midway Airport on Friday faced massively long lines.
It has been a rough morning for Southwest Airlines travelers, dealing with long lines at Midway International Airport, a day after a computer glitch led to hundreds of canceled flights nationwide.
Computer problems are causing delays for travelers flying on Southwest Airlines at Midway Airport.
A Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Austin made an unscheduled landing after encountering severe turbulence over Iowa.
Chicago police arrested a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight after he threatened a flight attendant, according to an airline spokesman.
Two Southwest Airlines flight attendants were sent to the hospital, after a flight from Boston to Chicago was forced to turn around due to serious turbulence.
As a heavy snowstorm descends on Chicago, Southwest Airlines has canceled the remainder of its Wednesday departures from Chicago's Midway International Airport.
A Southwest Airlines flight headed to Chicago was forced to return to Oakland, California, and make an emergency landing on Wednesday, due to a landing gear problem.
A volunteer firefighter/EMT from northwest Indiana was getting a lot of love on the Internet on Wednesday, after acting quickly when a fellow Southwest Airlines passenger passed out on a flight earlier this week.
Southwest Airlines said it was expecting operations to be back to normal across the nation on Monday, a day after a computer glitch delayed hundreds of flights, but travelers were still being advised to print boarding passes at home or use a mobile boarding pass.
A Southwest Airlines flight from San Diego to Chicago was diverted to Amarillo, Texas, late Monday night, after six passengers became unruly during the flight.
Leaders of some of the biggest companies in the country were at McCormick Place on Thursday, for what has been dubbed a catalyst for hiring programs and events.
For the second time in three days, a Southwest Airlines flight aborted takeoff at Midway International Airport. The latest incident happened just hours after another Southwest Airlines plane struck a piece of ground equipment after landing at Midway.
Pilots of Southwest Flight 3299 aborted takeoff around 10:45 p.m., after one of the plane's engines caught fire.
The lawsuit alleges a Southwest Airlines employee was pushing Rosemary Hastings' wheelchair down the jetway to the airplane when she began to slip and asked the employee to stop, but the employee did not stop the chair and Hastings was injured.
Michael Yates, 52, was a former DuPage County sheriff's deputy.
A Southwest Airlines plane was forced to return to Midway Airport this afternoon after a disturbance on board.
It's a record fine for violating federal rules against long tarmac delays.
