NEWS Pilot locked out of Air New Zealand cockpit after mid-air dispute
A 13-minute takeoff delay caused so much tension between two Air New Zealand pilots that the first officer was locked out of the cockpit on a flight between Perth and Auckland.On May 21, flight NZ176 was delayed after the first officer was asked to undertake a random drug and alcohol test. This was enough to…
NEWS An Air Via A320 suffering a significant tail strike while landingat Leipzig
A Air Via Airbus A320-200, performing flight VL-501 from Varna (Bulgaria) to Leipzig (Germany), landed short while on approach to Leipzig’s runway 08R, bounced and touched down a second time onto the piano keys (just past the runway threshold) of the runway with the tail contacting the runway surface at about 12:57L (10:57Z). The aircraft…
BREAKING VIDEO An emergency evacuation slide had inflated in-flight near the rear of the plane, forcing it to divert
Anne Stokes was trying to catch up on some much-needed sleep aboard United Airlines’ Flight 1463 from Chicago to Orange County, Calif., late Sunday when she was awakened by a loud popping noise. “I thought somebody had left the door open and flushed the toilet,” said Stokes, who lives in Fullerton, Calif. “The flight attendant…
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British Airways BA209 from London (LHR) to Miami (MIA) is declaring emergency and is descending
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Monarch flight ZB534 has landed safely at Gatwick Airport after declaring emergency and diverting
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Monarch flight ZB534 from MAN-PMI on final approach to Gatwick squawking 7700 (General Emergency)
