A passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight from Detroit, Michigan, to Shanghai, China, was unresponsive, causing the plane to return back to the airport Monday. Upon landing at the airport, the passenger was declared dead. The Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office said the passenger died of natural causes. The passenger was suffering from hypertensive…
Singapore Airlines is launching the world’s longest nonstop flight – nearly 19 hours in the air – from Singapore to New York. Singapore Airlines’ newest plane, the Airbus A350-900 ULR — for Ultra Long-Range — delivered last month, are handling the flights which will be the world’s longest nonstop air route (11,160 miles). The new…
The special flight to New York will be hosted by Tituss Burgess, who stars in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and will be staffed entirely by LGBT pilots and cabin crew. There’ll be a host of fun entertainment too including an on board DJ, Drag-Queen Bingo, Judy Garland singalongs, inter-seat speed dating and more. The flight will…
LIVE WIND MAP LIVE TRACKING MAP Hurricane Michael is now an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane and its outer rainbands are beginning to reach the coast. This is a life-threatening event for portions of the northeastern Gulf Coast. UPDATE #18A At 200 AM EDT (0600 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Michael was located by…
Four people were injured when a Sukhoi Superjet 100 skidded off the runway after a landing in Yakutia. The main landing gear of the aircraft broke during the incident, an emergency services representative told RIA. A total of 91 passengers, including seven children, were on board the Yakutia Airlines flight from the Siberian city of…