EMERGENCY Qatar #QR708 to Doha diverted to Lajes Air Base in Azores, Portugal after severe turbulence over the Atlantic
A Qatar Airways flight that took off from Dulles International Airport near here on Saturday night and bound for Doha made an emergency landing in Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal, roughly 1,200 miles southeast of Newfoundland, after hitting a massive air pocket, according to passengers. QR708, which contained dozens of Indian Americans and…
EMERGENCY Captain of KLM flight fell unconscious during taxi at Glasgow airport
The captain of the KLM aircraft fell unconscious as he was about to leave for Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The crew resuscitated him with the help of a passenger. The co-pilot of the plane, which had 128 people on board, took the aircraft back to the gate. The flight was supposed to leave Saturday at around…
NEWS A drunken airline passenger threw a punch to a flight attendant on board Turkish Airlines #TK1995
A drunken airline passenger on his way to a funeral threw a punch at an stewardess at 30,000ft after downing four gin and tonics. Guy Lardinois ended up with a broken leg after being ‘rugby tackled’ by another passenger on the Turkish Airlines flight TK1995 from Istanbul to Manchester. The Belgian national had been approached…
NEWS Woman delivers baby on board Southwest #WN556 to Orlando
My @SouthwestAir flight from PHL to MCO was diverted to Charleston because a woman went into labor. Flight crew did a great job. pic.twitter.com/63yVrkWWRL — Izzy Gould (@IzzyGould) December 4, 2016 A Southwest Airlines airplane headed to Orlando made an emergency landing after a baby was born in the middle of the flight. Airline spokeswoman…
ALERT United Express Embraer E175 nose gear collapsed during landing at San Antonio
A United Express Embraer E175 had to make an emergency landing at San Antonio International Airport on Sunday at about 2pm. The plane was on its way from Houston to Mexico when the crew reported landing gear issues. Authorities said 55 people were safely evacuated from the plane via emergency slide. San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Woody Woodward said…
VIDEO First Cockpit Film of the Airbus A350XWB!
First look at Flightdeck Operations on the 1st A350 of the Americas with LATAM Airlines.
BREAKING Contact lost with cargo space ship to International Space Station
An uncrewed Russian spacecraft meant to resupply the International Space Station appears to have suffered a malfunction shortly after launch today. Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, said that it lost communication with the spacecraft 383 seconds into the flight. The third stage of the rocket, which helps propel the cargo ship to its final orbit, reportedly shut…
