Day: November 11, 2022

Modern airliner designs date from the 1950s: a metal tube and swept-back wings with jet engines slung underneath. They get you where you’re going and back. But after decades of research, something very different could be flying you on vacation by the late 2030s. From a report: Unconventional designs…

Harrison Ford, 80, piloted his $18.8M private jet from NY to Tennessee to pick up his mother-in-law and then onto LA to celebrate wife Calista Flockhart’s 58th birthday.

A PERSON on a plane traveling from Cincinnati to Tampa allegedly threatened to stab passengers and crew members on Friday night. The plane, which was making its way to Florida, was rerouted to Atla…

Joshua Seagrave, a 46-year-old Palmer resident, died at the scene. He was the only occupant of the plane.

Two passengers got into a heated exchange after one of them starting watching the Tom Holland film Uncharted, only for the other to demand that she switch it off

(CNN) – “The dream will never die.” That’s what the makers of the world’s largest commercial plane tweeted when it was destroyed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Now, the Antonov Company says it’s bringing the plane back to life. The plane was built in the ’80s to carry the Soviet space shuttle. In addition, it has about twice the hold…

More Challenger debris found; man falls of bridge, rescued from river; man accused of killing puppy; another Swastika graffiti report.

The 46-year-old pilot was the only person in the plane when it went down in the river Thursday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers said.

Days before a plane crashed into a Miramar home, the flight instructor and the student killed in the crash had sought to resolve major engine problems, according to a preliminary NTSB report. They may have been troubleshooting those problems the day of the crash.

“He loved to be around his daughter, who lit up his world,” Zachary Clausen’s girlfriend said.

The red-billed streamertail will be named Stewart.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian aviation investigators concluded Thursday that a nearly decade-long failure to properly repair a malfunctioning automatic throttle, pilots’ overreliance on the plane’s automation system, and inadequate training contributed to the crash of a Boeing 737-500 last year that killed 62 people.

A plane scheduled for a short flight in Ontario this week took a winding route that kept it in the air for more than four hours.

Julia Buckley, CNN For avgeeks, the destruction of the world’s largest commercial plane was one of the key images at the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In February, the Antonov AN-225 was attacked at its base in Hostomel, near Kyiv. “The dream will never die,” tweeted the manufacturers when it was destroyed. Now it

Though several planes at Beirut airport are hit by stray bullets while stationary each year, Thursday’s incident was the first time this had occurred while a plane was moving, the airline’s chief said.

MONTEGO BAY, St James — In honour of the significant contribution the late Gordon “Butch” Stewart has made to Jamaica’s tourism industry Frontier Airlines will next year début a 240-passenger airc…

Inadequate training contributed to a Boeing 737-500 crash that killed 62 people, investigators said.

Rumeysa Gelgi, who stands just over 7 feet tall, recently flew from Istanbul to San Francisco. Her historic, 13-hour flight put a spotlight on airline accessibility for all travelers.

‘He stuck his headphones in, ate an entire pack of Haribo and didn’t talk to her for the entire two hour flight,’ tweets passenger

US Special Operation Wing on November 9 successfully test fired the newly developed Rapid Dragon weapon system off northern Norway.

MARIETTA — A preliminary report on the Oct. 18 plane crash that killed two men as they approached the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport indicates icing may have been a contributing factor but does not state a cause. The National Transportation Safety Review Board report, provided Thursday by a spokesman for the agency, elaborates on statements […]