Day: March 10, 2023

Helen Pidd said that EasyJet staff had to boot the drunk lout off the plane after he played “porn film noises” while cabin crew tried to do a safety demo for passengers

It’s been 34 years since the crash of Air Ontario 1363 – which claimed the lives of 24 passengers near the Dryden Regional Airport in 1989. On March 10 of 1989, Captain George John Morwood was preparing his Fokker F-28 aircraft for take-off after making a quick stop in Dryden, as 69 passengers and crew travelled from Thunder Bay to Winnipeg. Captain Morwood was facing heavy snowfall at the time and was forced to wait for a second aircraft to land before attempting take-off, causing ice and snow to form on the F-28’s wings. Unfortunately, Morwood and his crew did not have access to a working Auxillary Power Unit at the time – which made de-icing the plane in Dryden impossible. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada notes the usually cautious Captain had cancelled flights due to weather concerns earlier in his career – but that night, he decided to attempt take-off anyways. Less than 60 seconds later, the twin-engine aircraft’s wings failed to lift and its fuselage split into three pieces as it struck the trees and brush at the end of the runway, immediately catching fire. As emergency crews began responding, survivors were seen struggling to get out of the burning craft. googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()

An aircraft in Nepal was forced to make an emergency landing after a fire warning indicated there was an engine issue.

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Boeing Co will set up in India a facility to convert passenger aircraft into freight planes to capitalise on growing global demand for cargo, executives from the U.S. aviation firm said on Friday.