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A lawsuit alleges that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appointees are cracking down on the free speech rights of city employees.

The airline will instead broadcast for its employees Germany's memorial service for the victims of Germanwings Flight 9525.

Only one of two black box voice records have been recovered from the crash site, which friends of the pilot said is proof of an official cover-up.

Andreas Lubitz had been treated for suicidal tendencies years before last week’s crash, German prosecutors said Monday.

Experts estimate the total liability for Lufthansa's insurer will come to around $350 million. Lawsuits filed for damages are unlikely to face many challenges in court.

BYD's share price soars Monday after the maker of the best-selling electric car in China says its profit motored ahead in the first quarter.

The plane was carrying 133 passengers from Toronto to Halifax, along with five crew members, when it crashed on touchdown.

The new rule requires a flight attendant to be present whenever the pilot or co-pilot leaves the cockpit.

Authorities working to identify the body parts of crash victims denied a newspaper's claims that the co-pilot's remains had been found.

A major petroleum supplier says its tankers are traveling safely in waters near the Horn of Africa.

The Bild am Sonntag says investigators found evidence that Andreas Lubitz feared losing his eyesight, apparently because of a detached retina.

Transcripts published Sunday detail the final moments of the flight, as the captain battered the cockpit door, demanding to be let in.

The flight was carrying 137 people, when it experienced difficulties landing at Halifax airport. No fatalities were reported.

Andreas Lubitz's former girlfriend told a German newspaper that he told her he wanted to do something that would "change the whole system."

“We should not rush to conclusions based upon limited data,” said Ilja Shulz, President of the German Airline Pilots Association.

Authorities have found evidence indicating that Andreas Lubitz hid an "existing illness" from his employer, but prosecutors declined to say whether it was a physical or mental condition.

A French pilots' union is filing a lawsuit because information about the plane's last moments were released to the media before they were made known to prosecutors.

The canal authority's manager has proposed a major expansion that would let it accommodate the next generation of container ships.

Police officials searched both houses used by co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who is suspected of crashing Flight 9525 in the Alps.

IndiGo has remained profitable in the last two years, avoiding much of the turbulence to hit rival Indian carriers.

Airline stocks took a hit Thursday in the midst of reports the Airbus A320's co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed the plane.

The pilot who was locked out of the cockpit reportedly had two children and more than 6,000 hours of flight experience.

Investigators are still trying to piece together why Andreas Lubitz appears to have deliberately crashed the plane.

The deal would be Boeing’s largest 787 order since 2013, and it more than triples Hainan’s current fleet of Dreamliner jets.

“This is the worst possible time, the worst possible moment, the darkest chapter in the history in our airline," says airline chief.

A German official has reportedly confirmed that only one of the plane's two pilots was in the cockpit at the time of the crash.

Lufthansa, which owns Germanwings, is flying the next of kin to Marseille, near the crash site in the French Alps.

The Lufthansa-subsidiary crews insisted that safety concerns were not behind the decision.

Statistics suggest that overall, the odds of surviving a plane crash are actually quite high.