The captain had placed his personal digital SLR camera between the captain’s seat armrest and the left-hand side-stick controller during a flight from the U.K. to Afghanistan. As the captain moved his seat forward, the position of the camera forced the side-stick fully forward. This initiated a pitch-down command, sending the aircraft into a steep…
ANA Dreamliner flight #NH959 from Totkyo Narita to Shanghai rejected takeoff due to engine failure. Pilots stopped the Boeing 787 on runway after the loud bang and loss of power on engine one.
A Thursday night flight carrying 222 passengers from New York City to Paris was forced to turn around after the crew realized the aircraft’s door might have been open — but it turned out to be a false alarm. A company spokesman described it as a “possible issue with the aircraft’s cargo door latching mechanism”…
Six people were hospitalized Friday after a Spirit Airlines plane had to make an emergency landing at Orlando International Airport, said Carolyn Fennell of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority.The plane was heading to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, but was forced to land due to smoke in the cockpit, she said. Officials did not say the condition of…
Gatwick Airport has achieved the busiest single month in its 80 year history as 4.6 million passengers travelled through the airport in July. The figure represents a 6.9 per cent increase on the same month last year. Long-haul routes continue their impressive growth at the airport, growing 23 per cent collectively versus last July, against…
