DENVER (CBS4) - Federal safety investigators on Monday talked with the pilots of United Airlines Flight 328 about how they handled the loss of an engine that exploded into flames as nervous passengers ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Checklists are a hallmark of organized and successful people. Checklists characterized by mnemonic reminders often are ones that people ...

Pilots should always use checklists, regardless of experience level, to ensure systematic checks and safe operation; it's not a crutch but a tool for consistent performance. Checklists should be ...

Ten years ago, checklists for surgeons were all the rage. Inspired by the preflight routines of airline pilots, surgical checklists were shown to prevent tragic errors, reduce infections and save ...

Checklists are only good when used at the right time. But how do you know when that is, and who checks the checklist checker? [Illustration: Joel Kimmel] Early in 1974, my wife, Dorothy, and I had ...

At United Airlines’ Flight Training Center in Denver, the room brims with wanderlust. About 40 new first officers sit in a classroom, nine days from “turning the wheel” — that is, flying a plane full ...

Credit: Transportation Safety Board of Canada Fuel exhaustion accidents are common in general aviation. They are far less common in commercial, professionally flown operations. The NTSB database shows ...