Christian diet guru Gwen Shamblin Lara, her husband Joe and five other members of the Remnant Fellowship Church died on Saturday after their private jet crashed into a lake. The Cessna C501, owned by Gwen Shamblin Lara, crashed into Percy Priest Lake around 11 a.m. The couple had registered the plane through their company, JL&GL…
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…
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…
A Laser Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 made an emergency landing at the Maiquetia airport after the failure of one of its engines. The aircraft built in 1987, with registration YV3465, was en route flight QL-1903 from Porlamar to Caracas with a total of 116 people on board. Passengers onboard reportedly said that the left hand…
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…
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”…
Camair co plane overruns runway as heavy rains hit Yaounde. An Embraer 135 leased from Equato-Guinean Cronos Airlines Company by Cameroon’s Airlines Corporation, Camair Co has just overran the runway at the Yaounde Nsimalen Airport. According to sources on the spot, the plane that had on board 31 passengers lost control following heavy rains that…
Two Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s collided while taxiing at Chicago Midway International Airport on Friday afternoon. The Boeing 737-800, with registration N8686A, was taxiing out for departure when its wing struck the tail of another 737-800, bearing registration N289CT. This 737 was arriving from Washington, whereas the former one was heading out for Birmingham. The…
An Antonov An-26 freighter lost one of its propellers while it was en route to Paloch, South Sudan, from Juba. The aircraft returned to Juba without further incident. The left-hand propeller got detached and fell on the highway, fortunately without causing any injuries on the ground. The incident occurred on Thursday, May 20. The airport…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has opened an investigation into an apparent near-miss at San Diego International Airport Thursday evening, agency officials confirmed to NBC 7. An inbound SkyWest flight from Portland, Oregon, was on final approach, preparing to land a little after 10:30 when the pilot was waved off by air traffic controllers because…
An emergency exit door on an aircraft broke off and flew into the runway just as the plane was about to take off. The small eight-seater Boutique Airlines plane was taxiing down the runway at Minneapolis Airport when the incident occurred on 5 May. A passenger’s bag also tumbled out of the plane when the…