According to FlightRadar24, Between 09:30:52 and 09:30:55, the autopilot was manually changed from 38,000 feet to 100 feet and 9 seconds later the aircraft started to descend, probably with the “open descent” autopilot setting. Here are all the details
The birth took place just hours after the Qatar Airways flight took off from Florida on Sunday morning and before the pilot was able to make the emergency landing in Gander, Newfoundland, eastern Canada. With the help of two doctors travelling on the plane the woman gave birth to a healthy boy, Brian Hicks, safety…
A cracked windshield forced an emergency landing at the Burlington airport Thursday morning. The US Airways Express jet was flying from Philadelphia to Montreal when the pilot reported a crack developing. To be safe, the pilot decided to land and Burlington was the closest airport. “The crack was reportedly getting larger and working its way…
Following the fatal Germanwings crash, Air Canada has announced it will be implementing a policy change requiring two crew members to be in the cockpit of all flights at all times. Link
850 mile journey took 18 hours? This is exactly what happened to passengers originally scheduled to fly on Frontier Flight 287. Link
A pilot who “crashed” in the seaplane landing strip at Houston Hooks airport was uninjured, and was able to “swim to safety”. Link
As investigators head to the remote site in the French Alps where Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed yesterday, aviation experts are remembering an air disaster that happened in what the International Business Times calls a “freakishly close” location near the village of Barcelonnette. Link