June 22, 2018

AirAsia pilot allegedly cranks up AC to try to force passengers off plane

A passenger from AirAsia flight #I50582 say the captain tried to “choke” passengers by turning the air conditioning to full blast in order to try to get them to deplane. Passenger Dipankar Ray, who is the Indian Oil Corporation executive director (West Bengal), and onboard the aircraft told New Indian Express (NIE), “The flight was…

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s plane made first ever landing at new Istanbul airport

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s aircraft on Thursday made the first ever landing at Istanbul’s new colossal airport, which is expected to formally open to air traffic on Oct. 29. The Turkish presidential aircraft TC-ANK took off after Erdogan’s election rally in Gaziantep to make its historic landing on the 3,750-meter-long and 60-meter-wide runway. The Istanbul’s…