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Bird-Hit Allegiant Air Flight Returns to Chicago Rockford International Airport

Bird-Hit Allegiant Air Flight Returns to Chicago Rockford International Airport

Allegiant Air flight G4-1671 had to return for an emergency landing at Chicago Rockford International Airport, Illinois, on December 15th.

The plane took off for Punta Gorda, Florida, but had to turn back after it ingested several birds into one of the engines.

The plane landed back safely. All 177 passengers and 6 crew members remained unharmed.

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Audio recordings detail moments after St. Matthews plane crash in Louisville

Three people were taken to local hospitals after a small plane crashed near Baptist East in St. Matthews around 6 p.m. near Breckenridge Lane and Kresge Way.

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Plane seemed under control before crashing on I-684 in Greenwich, Texas pilot says

Robert Katz, who said he’s been a commercial pilot for 43 years, said public flight data…

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Memorial service for 23 military personnel killed in Somerset plane crash in 1944

An annual memorial service was held last weekend to reflect on the lives of 23 military personnel who died in a plane crash in Somerset.

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Constellation ‘Bataan’ brings history, wow factor to Central Coast AirFest Oct. 14-15

A sleek, sexy yet beefy bit of U.S. history will be on display when the Lockheed C-121A Constellation “Bataan” checks in for the Central Coast AirFest Oct. 14-15.

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Teams compete to pull 48-ton plane at O’Hare Airport for Special Olympics

It was man and woman against a plane at O’Hare Airport on Saturday for part of the Torch Run to benefit Special Olympics Illinois.

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Constellation ‘Bataan’ brings history, wow factor to Central Coast AirFest Oct. 14-15

A sleek, sexy yet beefy bit of U.S. history will be on display when the Lockheed C-121A Constellation “Bataan” checks in for the Central Coast AirFest Oct. 14-15.

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Historians race to find Great Lakes shipwrecks before quagga mussels destroy the sites

Historians are racing to locate Great Lakes shipwrecks before a seemingly unstoppable invasive mussel destroys them and erases part of the region’s heritage.

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JetBlue plane returns to Logan Airport after possible engine issue – The Boston Globe

A JetBlue Airways Airbus A321 on its way to the Dominican Republic returned to Logan International Airport in Boston shortly after takeoff Saturday morning because of possible issue with one of the plane’s engines, according to the airline.

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Pull a Plane 316 | October 7

B-29 and the WSU Tech Foundation are partnering to bring you Wichita’s third annual Pull a Plane for Education event on October 7! The unique fundraising event features the ultimate tug-of-war competition – men and women against

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One Hundred Seconds of Confusion: The crash of China Airlines flight 140

How an unfavorable interaction between humans and automation caused a normal approach to snowball into a complete loss of control.

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Celebrity’s Inflight Diarrhea So Bad People Thought Plane Had A Fuel Leak – View from the Wing

A week and a half ago, a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Barcelona had to turn around after a passenger let loose diarrhea all the way through the aircraft. Margaret Cho shares that something like this actually happened to her on a plane, and it was so bad that passengers thought there was something wrong with the aircraft such as a fuel leak.

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Pelosi to accompany Feinstein’s body home to California

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A U.S. military plane will take Feinstein back to San Francisco Saturday.

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FAKE NEWS ALERT: Niger junta ‘did not threaten to down Tinubu’s plane’ | TheCable

Mohammed Usman, ambassador to Niger Republic, has debunked reports alleging that the junta prohibited Tinubu from flying in its airspace.

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United Airlines Would Save $80 Million Per Year If Everyone Took Ozempic – View from the Wing

Airline expenses break down across planes, labor, and jet fuel. The amount of fuel it takes to fly a plane varies based on how much weight the plane needs to carry. So if passengers would lose weight, airlines would save money. If everyone dropped 10 pounds on Ozempic, United Airlines would save $80 million per year.

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In the news

Marcialito Biol Benitez says he’s guilty of fraud charges tied to what prosecutors in California called a large-scale sham marriage agency that helped an estimated 600 clients skirt immigration laws over an almost six-year period, charging each up to $35,000 to submit false paperwork and staging fake weddings at chapels and parks.

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Astronaut Praises Top Gun: Maverick And Explains Why Tom Cruise Deserves Major ‘Kudos’

He feels the need, the need for speed.

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Envoy: Reports alleging Niger Republic junta threatened to shoot Tinubu’s plane down are false | TheCable

Mohammed Usman, ambassador to Niger Republic, has debunked reports alleging that the junta prohibited Tinubu from flying in its airspace.

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Brit ‘sexually assaulted cabin crew on plane before being tackled by passengers’

A BRITISH tourist has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting an air steward on a flight from Newcastle to Majorca. He was held after allegedly touching the cabin crew member’s bott…

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Pat McAfee feared he was going to die in terrifying flight ahead of TV show

PAT McAfee has admitted that he feared he was going to die in a plane crash ahead of his ESPN show. The 36-year-old former NFL All-Pro turned sportscaster was broadcasting live from a makeshift set…

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Chinese Woman Arrested By Military Police After Taking Photos From Plane Window While Landing at Airport in Norway

A Chinese woman was detained and arrested by military police in Norway on Thursday after she allegedly took photos and videos from her plane window of an airport in the far north of the country. The woman was a passenger onboard a Norwegian Airlines flight from Oslo to Harstad/Narvik Airport in Evenes, which is a…

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