The death of a pilot who fell out of a twin-engine plane in North Carolina in July was an accident, according to his autopsy report. Charles Hew Crooks, 23, who was co-piloting the CASA CN-212 Aviocar on July 29, suffered multiple blunt force injuries in an accidental fall, according to an autopsy report obtained Wednesday by NBC…
A video captured a woman going on a rampage at Mexico City International Airport throwing items at the check-in counter and attacking an airline employee. The incident occurred on November 1, 2022 at Mexico City airport when a passenger arrived at the counters too late to see that she missed her flight and started to…
Australian ARFF crews have voted to strike. The protected industrial action will take place between 6am and 10am Friday 9 December at all 27 airports with aviation firefighters. The head of the aviation section of the United Firefighters Union, Wes Garrett, told media, “Protecting the safety of Australia’s air travellers is the No.1 priority of…
Passengers on board a United Airlines commercial jet flying over Florida’s Cape Canaveral were able to spot an amazingly rare sight. Passengers of United Airlines spotted a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The video, shared by NBC photojournalist Nick Leimbach, shows the white rocket blasting off and gaining altitude…
On Sunday Nov. 20, passengers captured footage of a white man pledging his allegiance to German dictator Adolf Hitler. In the recordings, the man can be seen doing the Nazi hand salute as he yells several remarks at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. StopAntisemitism, a “grassroots watchdog” that exposes people who engage in antisemitic behavior, posted video…
At approximately 9:30 a.m., officers from the Miami-Dade Police Department, were dispatched to a medical emergency at an American Airlines flight. The flight crew was concerned for a passenger (Mr. Odell Beckham), as they tried to wake him to fasten his seat belt, he appeared to be coming in and out of consciousness, prior to…
Security staff at a United States airport got a big surprise when they spotted a cat inside a traveller’s bag. TSA at New York Airport noticed ginger fur sticking out of a suitcase when an x-ray confirmed their suspicions: there was a cat in the bag. The traveller said that the cat belonged to someone…
The chief executive of Virgin Atlantic has launched a stinging attack on the passenger charges at its main airport, London Heathrow, and said he no longer supports a third runway there. Speaking at the Airlines 2022 event in London, Shai Weiss said: “Late last year, already the most expensive airport in the world asked the…
Virgin Atlantic decided to do away with its gender-neutral uniform policy on Qatar-bound flights. Virgin Atlantic said, “the crew working on the flight from Birmingham Airport to the World Cup on Tuesday were required to wear uniforms based on their gender due to a risk-assessment by the carrier.” For flights bound elsewhere, the lax uniform…
A passenger jet carrying Polish football national team was escorted by a pair of F-16 fighter jets. ‘We were escorted to the southern border of Poland by F16 planes!’ the Twitter account for the national team posted yesterday. Thank you and greetings to the pilots!’ The fighter jets were seen flying almost wing-to-wing along-side the…
The aerial formation involved an Emirates A380 and seven of the Red Arrows’ Hawk jets flying in a “V” formation. Emirates and the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, took to the skies this afternoon to celebrate the start of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai with a spectacular flypast over Jumeirah…
A spotter captured a scaring moment at Dublin Airport. During landing in crosswind in DUblin, a Ryanair aircraft almost suffered a wind strike. While landing in South runway, the right wing of a Boeing 737-800 almost made contact with the runway. A spotter managed to capture this moment when a wind gust from left almost…
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