On Friday, passengers on a JetBlue flight from Washington, DC (DCA) to Nassau, Bahamas got quite the scare, as their plane was forced to land with no nose landing gear. Pilots train for this sort of situation, but only occasionally does that training come into practice. The Embraer 190 aborted its first approach after there […]
Have you ever wondered how to land a plane in the case of the pilots becoming incapacitated? One Quora user did, and posted a question to the service asking, “What should I do if the pilot passes out and I (with no flight training) have to land the plane?” Pilot Tim Morgan not only answered […]
A Singapore Airlines cargo flight from Adelaide, Australia to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was diverted to Bali Denpasar airport on October 26th after sensors reported a possible fire & smoke in the cargo hold. When the flight landed, emergency services found the culprit – or should I say “culprits” – 2,186 goats that were being transported on […]
Over the weekend, a strange story made the rounds regarding an Aer Lingus flight from Lisbon, Portugal to Dublin, Ireland. A man bit a passenger, then later was pronounced dead after the flight had diverted to Cork. We now have more details of what caused the man to go through such a horrific death. According […]
Yesterday’s fire onboard British Airways flight BA2276 reminded me of why I always leave my shoes on until the plane is safely in the air (if I choose to take them off at all). Here’s video of the emergency evacuation in Las Vegas. While the fire department arrived at the scene to put the fire […]
On May 8th, World War II veterans and others gathered in Washington, DC to remember Victory in Europe Day. Part of the celebration marking the 70th anniversary of the day involved flyovers of vintage WWII planes. One of the TBM Avenger planes that was taking part in the flyover experienced what was believed to be smoke […]
An Air France flight from the Dominican Republic to Paris, France was diverted to Shannon, Ireland after the pilots reported fire alarms going off in the cargo hold of the Boeing 747. The culprit? Vegetables and flowers that were being carried as cargo. Authorities specifically blamed hot peppers for the false alarm. The Irish Times has […]
Look, I get it. It sucks that not all airplane seats have electrical outlets, and the ones that do typically require plug adapters. However, that doesn’t mean that it’s a good idea to leave your phone in the lavatory to charge instead. That’s what one passenger did on a Delta flight from Istanbul to New […]
This morning, JetBlue Flight 191 from New York to Las Vegas was forced to make an emergency landing in Amarillo, Texas after an in-flight incident involving the captain. According to witnesses, the co-pilot noticed the captain was behaving erratically, then locked the captain out of the cockpit after he left to use the restroom. As […]
