air travel

University of Michigan researchers develop app to combat jet lag

Stateside Staff

The excitement of a dream vacation in a faraway land can lose its luster if you get there and find yourself fogged-in by jet lag. Certainly, if a big…

Cecelia Cichan shows a tattoo of an airplane she has on her wrist. She speaks about being the sole survivor of the crash of NW flight 255 out of Detroit in a documentary. WDIV aired clips of that documentary.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Sole survivor of NW Flight 255 breaks silence on 25th anniversary of crash

Mark Brush

At 4 years old, she was the sole survivor of one of the worst aviation disasters in U.S. history.On August 16, 1987, one hundred and fifty-six people were…

Detroit Metro Airport lands good ranking in "Best and Worst" list

Mark Brush

You gotta give them a lot of clicks to find the ranking on their page (can someone say pageviews!), but once you finally get there, you'll see that…

The plane crash occurred near the Plainwell Municipal Airport about 16 miles north of Kalamazoo.

Small plane clips a FedEx truck, crashes and kills pilot

Mark Brush

A small plane crashed in Allegan County this morning.The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that construction workers working on a bridge over U.S. 131 saw the…

Ohio woman describes being detained after Detroit flight last Sunday

The Associated Press

An Ohio woman said Tuesday that she endured nearly four hours in police custody that included being forced off an airplane in handcuffs, strip-searched…

Delta discontinues service to five Michigan cities

Michigan Radio Newsroom

Delta Airlines is discontinuing service to five airports in Michigan, including Alpena, Iron Mountain, Escanaba, Pellston and Sault Ste. Marie, according…