A flight attendant from Astoria who disappeared from her workplace has been found dead. The remains of Sierra Shields, 30, were discovered Wednesday afternoon at at Riker’s Island West. Shields had last been seen Thursday, January 14th at noon at LaGuardia Airport, where she worked. Shields’ father, Chris Shields, told Eyewitness News that his daughter showed…
The US Air Force said Friday it has grounded 10 of its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, just over a month after they were declared “combat ready.” The decision affecting the most expensive weapons system ever was made “due to the discovery of peeling and crumbling insulation in avionics cooling lines inside the fuel tanks,” the…
According to Aftonbladet a passenger onboard Pegasus Airlines flight #PC4845 from Istanbul (SAW) to Stockholm (ARN) gave birth during the night. The labor started over Ukraine but the woman gave birth of a little boy 40 mins before landing. Medical services met the aircraft to assist the 30 years old woman before going to Danderyd hospital.
Po and the Furious Five are taking flight in this once-in-a-lifetime contest from Hainan Airlines, in collaboration with DreamWorks Animation and Boeing. TO GET STARTED: 1. Create your design using our Kung Fu Panda design studio 2. Submit your original design 3. Share your design on social media with the hashtag #TheFlyingPanda Judges will choose…
Auto GCAS is designed to prevent CFIT (controlled flight into terrain) mishaps by executing an automatic recovery maneuver when terrain impact is imminent. The system predicts those conditions by means of a continuous comparison between a trajectory prediction and a terrain profile that is generated from onboard terrain elevation data.
A flight from Glasgow to Ibiza was forced to make an emergency landing after a drunken passenger allegedly vomited in the cabin. The ASL Airlines France Boeing 737 had to divert to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport on Wednesday afternoon, where it landed following the incident. UPDATE EMERGENCY ASL Airlines Boeing 737 diverted to Toulouse. pic.twitter.com/HcZNxa4Tds — AIRLIVE.net…
British Airways Airbus A320 flight #BA473 from Barcelona to London Heathrow declared an emergency. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1025 UTC We have confirmation British Airways BA473 diverted to Toulouse due to a technical issue. UPDATE 1020 UTC British Airways BA473 landed runway 14R at Toulouse Airport. UPDATE 1002 UTC British Airways BA473 in holding pattern…
Qantas flight QF1474 was forced to abort its landing after a “malfunction” alert sounded in the cockpit moments after its wheels were lowered. The Dash 8-300 flight from Canberra to Sydney was descending to runway about 1.45pm and was at 1300ft when the captain suddenly pushed the thrust, raised the wheels and climbed away from…
