BREAKING NEWS Malaysia Airlines plane 'shot down by Russians' killing 295 people
A MALAYSIAN Airlines passenger plane with 295 people has crashed in Ukraine today killing everyone onboard after reportedly being shot down by Russian authorities. The Boeing 777 went down near the Russian border after a surface to air missile allegedly hit it. Flight MH17 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was downed,…
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…
