An Augusta man is grateful for a second chance at life after surviving a plane crash.

Similar Posts
Air France Flight 447
Air France 447 went down over the Atlantic in 2009.
The fly-by-wire A330 incorporates technology that prevents the airplane from entering a stall, but during a complete loss of airspeed information, however, the system reverted to manual control.
The final report said said the pilots were “completely surprised” by technical problems experienced at high altitude and engaged in increasingly de-structured actions until suffering “the total loss of cognitive control of the situation.”
CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation has been recorded said pilots generally manually manipulating the controls for only three minutes:one minute and 30 seconds each for take-off and landing.
“We are moving towards automated operations where the pilot isn’t even permitted to fly. That means the first time in your career you will ever feel what an aircraft feels like at 35,000 feet is when it’s handed to you broken.”

Bygones: In 1955, plane stopped in Duluth on polar route to Middle East
A look back at local news from years past.

Here’s why Giants’ John Mara won’t see another plane protest banner before finale at Eagles
It’s been a season full of airplane protest banners for the Giants.

Several people dead after plane crashes at South Korean airport
Several people died when a commercial airplane veered off a runway and crashed at Muan International Airport, according to officials.

Backstory: Their plane crashed in the snowy Wyoming wilderness, she waited 19 days for help
CASPER, Wyo. – Dorothy LeMasurier was sitting in a back passenger seat in a twin-engine Beechcraft as her husband, Dalton, piloted the aircraft over