A pilot in Australia was reported to have fallen asleep midflight “likely due to a combination of fatigue and mild hypoxia [lack of sufficient oxygen],” according to the latest report Wednesday by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). A new ATSB probe into the incident, which took place in July 2020, found the pilot who…
Lukashenko’s regime has been accused of having the Ryanair flight diverted to Minsk under the guise of a bomb threat. Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Belarus counterpart Alexander Lukashenko his support on Friday in the midst of the authoritarian leader’s clash with the West over the grounding of a Ryanair flight and subsequent arrest of…
The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that Boeing had temporarily halted deliveries of 787 Dreamliners as the agency waits for more data to determine if the planemaker’s planned inspection method meets federal requirements. “Boeing still needs to show that its proposed inspection method would meet FAA’s federal safety regulations. The FAA is waiting for additional…
Air India flight returns mid-air to Delhi after bat found in plane. Air India flight to Newark (EWR) left Delhi’s IGI Airport at 2:20 am as scheduled. The bat was spotted after the plane was in the air for about 30 minutes. The flight captain decided to take the plane back to the original base…
A bomb threat cited by Belarusian authorities as the reason for forcing a Ryanair jetliner carrying a dissident journalist to land in Minsk was sent after the plane was diverted, privacy-focused email provider Proton Technologies AG said on Thursday. On Wednesday, the London-based research group Dossier Center published what it said was an email carrying…
The Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport has tweeted that the pilot, who managed to eject from the plane, is unhurt. A Swiss Air Force jet crashed in the central canton of Obwalden on Wednesday, according to the country’s Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport. The department tweeted on Wednesday…
Violent brawl breaks out on Spirit Airlines flight mid-air, crew threatens to land plane in viral videos. A violent fight broke out midflight on a Spirit Airlines plane this week, causing distress to the passengers and setting a prime example of how not to behave on a flight. Soon enough, videos of the violent argument…
LATAM expects to hire 750 crew members (pilots and flight attendants) in the coming months. Deliveries of new aircraft, increase of the network in the domestic market and hiring of crew members are movements in line with the company’s most optimistic vision for the coming months.
Ryanair Holdings Plc wants to have a deal by the end of the year to buy at least 100 737 Max 10 jets from Boeing Co. starting in 2026, Chief Executive Michael O’Leary told the Mail on Sunday. The planes carry 230 passengers each, versus 197 for Ryanair’s current fleet, according to the report. Ryanair…
A female flier, apparently irate because the phone charger at her airline seat failed to work, caused such a disruption that the captain was forced to make an emergency landing. The American Airlines flight from Tokyo to Dallas Fort Worth was placed into “Level Three Lockdown” and diverted to Seattle Tacoma Airport after the woman…
A Southwest Airlines flight attendant was assaulted by a passenger and lost two teeth in the attack last weekend, according to a union president, who complained to the airline’s CEO about unruly passengers. “Unfortunately, this is just one of many occurrences,” said the union president, Lyn Montgomery. She said there were 477 incidents of “misconduct”…
Before boarding the flight from Greece to Lithuania Protasevich texted his friends he was being shadowed at Athens airport. Before boarding the flight from Greece to Lithuania, where the blogger lives in exile, Protasevich had told friends he was being shadowed at Athens airport by a bald man with a leather suitcase speaking Russian. “Lol,…