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American Airlines tries iPads in lieu of maps

In the ongoing effort to save on fuel costs, airlines are trying to ditch the heavy paper documents required on board in favor of electronic alternatives. American Airlines is testing a program that

Computers snarl U.S. air traffic

In a software nightmare this week, a breakdown in the Federal Aviation Administration's system for processing flight plans caused massive airline delays. The FAA said a software problem caused the

A move to ban cell-phone use in planes?

A House of Representatives committee has voted to permanently ban the use of mobile phones in flight by passing the Halting Airplane