The passenger was on a flight from Thessaloniki in Greece to Memmingen in Germany when the incident occurred A passenger on a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany was nearly sucked out of the aircraft after a cabin window detached mid-air, forcing fellow travellers to pull him back inside, according to witnesses and officials.The passenger, […]
Flight instructor Leandro Andrés Bertazzo (left) and a Cessna 150 training aircraft. A routine flight lesson in Argentina turned into an unimaginable emergency after a flight instructor told his 22-year-old student, “You know what to do,” before jumping from the aircraft without a parachute. Left alone in the cockpit, the trainee remained calm, contacted air […]
Indonesian separatists claim to have shot dead a US pilot who transported troops. PTI file photo Papua separatist rebels on Thursday claimed to have shot dead an American pilot and set a civilian aircraft on fire after it landed in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua region, alleging it was transporting Indonesian military personnel into a conflict zone. […]
A Minneapolis-bound United Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Wisconsin after an unruly passenger wanted to storm the cockpit area. A United Airlines plane with 147 passengers and six crew members flying to Minneapolis had to be diverted Friday night after an unruly passenger wanted to enter the cockpit. The flight was diverted to […]
A Croatia Airlines passenger aircraft skidded off the runway during an aborted take-off at Split Airport in Croatia on Saturday, triggering panic among passengers and briefly disrupting airport operations.The incident involved an Airbus A220-300 operating flight OU412 from Split to Frankfurt. According to local authorities and airline officials, the aircraft veered off the runway and […]
Horrifying video shows moment Frontier Airlines plane hits person on Denver runway A person who allegedly breached security at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a departing Frontier Airlines aircraft late Friday last week, triggering an engine fire and a chaotic emergency evacuation that left several passengers injured.The Frontier flight, headed from Denver […]
WASHINGTON/DENVER: A Frontier Airlines plane hit and killed a pedestrian on the Denver International Airport runway during takeoff, airport authorities said, spa-rking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate.“DEN can confirm that the pedestrian jumped the perimeter fence and was hit just two minutes later while crossing the runway,” the statement said, adding, “The […]
PC: Vintage Aviation News The remnants of a fighter jet, which belonged to one of the greatest fighter pilots of World War II, Richard Bong, are believed to have been found in Papua New Guinea. The plane, called “Marge,” disappeared in March 1944 after an engine malfunction while flying over the area that is currently […]
Two people have died in a fiery plane crash at a small airport in Arizona, officials said on Wednesday.The plane went off the runway and burst into flames, Marana Mayor Jon Post said.City spokesperson Vic Hathaway said there were two people on board the plane. They have not been identified. No other injuries were reported, […]
At least 29 people were killed after a Russian An-26 military transport aircraft crashed into a cliff in Crimea.Russia’s defence ministry said the crash likely occurred due to a technical malfunction. The aircraft was on a planned flight when contact was lost at around 6 pm local time on Tuesday, according to Reuters.A search team […]
