DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 1999
Airlines and Air Safety

American Airlines Pilot Strike

Allied Pilots Organization
• Press releases and calls for American pilots to return to work
• Judge Kendall's Contempt Citation (Texas Northern District Court, 2/13/99)
• Judge Kendall's Restraining Order (February 10, 1999)
American Airlines
• Press releases on strike beginning with acquisition of Reno Air on February 5, 1999
• List of flight cancellations
Texas Northern District Court
• Restraining Order (2-10-99)
• Order to Show Cause (2-11-99)
• Contempt Order Against Allied Pilots (2-13-99)
• Findings of Fact (2-13-99)

Egypt Air 990

Background
• Egypt Air 990 crashed into the Atlantic on October 31, 1999 at 1:50 a.m.
• 217 were killed
• The cockpit voice recorder suggested a relief pilot was flying the plane and there was a struggle
• Initial news reports suggested suicide
• FBI was called to investigate
Air Disaster
• Web site excerpts news stories about the investigation
• Time line of the flight

John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Missing Plane

Background
• John F. Kennedy Jr.'s disappeared on its way to Martha's Vineyard on July 16
• Kennedy was piloting; his wife Carolyn and sister-in-law Lauren were thought to be aboard
ABC News Coverage
• Includes search efforts and biographies of JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette
Boston Globe
• Special edition includes historical photo album
• Current news updates on search
CNN News Coverage
• Frequent updates
• Links to Coast Guard and description of the Piper single-engine plane
Family Statements
• Bessette Family Statement
• Senator Ted Kennedy
JFK Presidential Library
• Information on the Profiles in Courage award administered by Caroline and John Kennedy Jr.
• Informal family portrait from 1962
Magazine Commemorative Issues
• Newsweek (July 19, 1999)
• Time (July 26, 1999)
Presidents of the United States (IPS)
• Biography of John F. Kennedy Sr., cabinet officials, election results
• Extensive links to other JFK web sites and to historic speeches
Tragedies in the Kennedy Family (Washington Post)
• Lists tragedies of the immediate Kennedy family and their children since Joseph's death in WWII
U.S. Coast Guard - Boston District
• Responsible for search and rescue effort
• Details of initial notification
George magazine, which Kennedy founded, is available in full text through ProQuest to University of Michigan affiliates since October 1998
Services
• Burial at Sea (Navy)
  • Description of eligibility and services for burials at sea
  • Includes a bibliography

Northwest Airlines

Background
• Northwest Airlines criticized for keeping passengers on plane without food, water, restrooms, or fresh air for 10 hours during January snowstorm in Detroit
• Several passengers filed a lawsuit
Detroit News - June 3
• DOT said Northwest guilty of poor planning but no violations
• Northwest was first in on-time performance in April
Air Travel Consumer Report - April 1999 (FAA)
• Lists Northwest's arrivals as 80% on time in April 1999
Passenger Entitlement and Competition Enhancement Act (H.R. 780)
• Representative John Dingell's press release on bill
• An air passenger bill of rights

Pan American 103 Trial

Pan American 103
• Pan Am Flight 103 was downed near Lockerbie, Scotland on Dec. 21, 1988
• Negotiations for trial in 1999
• This extensive web page site provides news of the victims, the criminal investigation, memorials
• Supplemented with the text of UN resolutions and Scottish trial law
• News items updated daily

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University of Michigan Library
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