Spirit Airlines flight NK-244 made an emergency landing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on July 31st.
The Airbus A319-100 plane flying from Guatemala City, Guatemala, was descending toward Fort Lauderdale when the crew declared an emergency due to a strange odor in the cockpit.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All one hundred and forty-eight people aboard remained unharmed.
Pax River Emergency Services Test Inter-Agency Operations with Aircraft Mishap Drill

An aircraft mishap is a worst-case scenario that no crew, in the air or on the ground, wants to respond to. But keeping skills sharp in the event of such an emergency can mean the difference between life and death. It was with that in mind that NAS Patuxent River Emergency Services held an integrated drill focused on aircraft mishap response at Webster Outlying Field May 16.
80-year-old woman performs daring wing walk to raise money for hospice

Nancy Spencer, from Heighington, County Durham, soared above the clouds at Leeds Airport East to raise funds for St Teresa’s Hospice, where she works as a volunteer.
Passenger plane escapes damage from bird strike at Skagway airport

The Federal Aviation Administration has recorded 58 bird collisions and one involving a coyote in Alaska in the past year.
Indian Air Force’s trainer aircraft crashes in Karnataka, both pilots safe

The training aircraft had taken off from the air force station in Bengaluru and crashed at Bhogapura village.
Small plane crashes at Peterborough Airport – Peterborough | Globalnews.ca

Around 7:30 p.m., emergency crews were called to the scene just south of the city and found a plane off the runway.
Indian Air Force’s trainer aircraft crashes in Karnataka, pilots eject safely

A Kiran trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in an open field at a village in the district on Thursday but the two pilots made it out safely after ejecting from the plane before the crash.
Boeing’s CEO Doesn’t Need a New Plane. He Can Just Start a Price War.

The airplane maker’s Chief Executive Dave Calhoun explains why he isn’t worried about ceding market share to rival Airbus.
Indian Air Force’s Trainer Aircraft Crashes In Karnataka, Pilots Eject Safely

District officials said the pilots, identified only as Tejpal and Bhumika, sustained minor injuries. No casualties were reported.
Changing Workforce Plane Mechanics

Students at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics from left: Jeffrey Natter, Joshua Lindberg, Nikki Reed, and William Onderdonk, study the engine on a Cessna 310 aircraft in West Mifflin, Pa.,
Indian Air Force’s trainer aircraft crashes in Karnataka, pilots eject safely | Law-Order

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Plane Crashes Wednesday In Catawba County – WHKY

On Wednesday (May 31) at approximately 3:40 p.m., the North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to an airplane crash in Catawba County near Long Island Marina. A single-engine Sea Ray had just departed the Long Island Airport en-route to the Statesville Airport. Shortly after takeoff, the plane experienced engine failure. The pilot was able to…
Plane crash in Karnataka: Small aircraft crashes on farm field in Chamarajanagara; pilots eject safely

An aircraft crashed at H Mookahalli village in Chamarajanagara taluk. Two people in the flight managed to eject safely and no civilians were injured as it crashed in an empty field.
Brian Shul dies at 75; fighter pilot who flew world’s fastest plane

Brian Shul, a retired Air Force major who modestly described himself as “a survivor” rather than a hero, after he was downed in a Vietnamese jungle, where he nearly died before rebounding to pilot the world’s fastest spy plane, died on May 20 in Reno, Nevada. He was 75.
U.S. Reports Dangerous Run-In With Chinese Fighter Over S. China Sea

On Wednesday, the U.S. military reported another close encounter between a Chinese fighter jet and an American surveillance aircraft over the waters o…
This kid was ‘planking’ on the plane seats mid-flight and his parents gave no f***s

By now we’re all acutely aware that the general population finds kids on planes problematic.
Court docs: Man arrested after pilot found him hiding in landing gear of plane at Houston airport

According to court records, Jehffrey Gutirres has been arrested for trespassing a number of times in the last few months.
Single-engine plane crashes in Detroit backyard

There were no injuries after a plane crash-landed in the backyard of a home on Detroit’s east side Wednesday night.