A safety report into the disappearance of flight MH370 has concluded that the plane was manually turned around mid-air, rather than being under the control of autopilot, and that “unlawful interference by a third party” could not be ruled out. It also disproved theories that had suggested the pilot and first officer brought the plane…
ABC News Australia has done a profile piece on a young Australian pilot from the inner suburbs of Brisbane that is now flying for one of Australia’s biggest cattle and beef producers. 21 year old Olivia Magoffin studied aviation at Griffith University in the Australian state of Queensland. “I thought I was so out of…
JetBlue has come to the rescue after a jilted bridesmaid’s tweet went viral. Courtney Duffy tweeted an SOS to JetBlue after receiving an email asking her to relinquish her bridesmaids role after booking cross country flights, and asking her to send her outfit cross country so a fill-in bridesmaid could wear it. SOS @JetBlue! Booked…
Emirates has apologised after a disabled teenager and his family were forced off a flight from Dubai to France. The Kumar family has been offered a complimentary hotel stay while in transit and rebooked on another flight after the incident in which teenager Eli was forced to disembark because he has epilepsy, despite the fact…
The body of a baby was discovered in the lavatory of an AirAsia India flight by the cabin crew preparing for landing. India Today reports that police believe the baby was delivered stillborn on the Imphal-Guwahati-New Delhi route. A medical examination was performed by a doctor at New Delhi airport who confirmed the baby “had…
A Swedish student has prevented an Afghani from being deported after she refused to sit down until the 52 year old man was removed from the plane they were on. The Guardian reports that 22 year old Elin Ersson bought a ticket on the Turkish Airlines flight from Gothenburg to Istanbul after she and other…
More than 1400 aircraft were ordered during Farnborough Airshow 2018 in England last week. Farnborough International says all orders combined are worth US $154 billion, plus $22 billion for engines. The airshow went from Monday (16 July) to Sunday (22 July). Aircraft orders were announced from Monday to Thursday. Airbus booked a total of 431…
A United passenger has complained that cabin crew made jokes after she and a fellow passenger moved seats due to a male passenger masturbating. Genevieve Pascolla was flying from London Heathrow to Chicago. Ms Pascolla posted about the incident on instagram. “On June 4th I was on a [United] flight from Heathrow to Chicago. On…
The Chief Operating Officer of Australia’s third largest airline, Regional Express (Rex), has published an open letter blaming Qantas and Virgin Australia for poaching it’s pilots, leading to a regional airline pilot shortage. Rex, which also owns regional airlines Pel-Air and AirLink, opened the Australian Airline Pilot Academy 10 years ago to increase it’s pilot…
Some passengers of Tigerair flight TT471 were left in tears yesterday after the aircraft was struck by lightning about 10 minutes after takeoff from Melbourne Airport according to ABC News Australia. Passenger Karen Juniper told Australia’s public broadcaster, “We were bouncing all over the place. About 10 minutes in, there was a big flash out…
An unruly passenger on a Delta flight will pay the airline $9,118 for the cost of diverting the aircraft after pleading guilty to a federal assault charge. Prosecutors say Washington state resident Bolutife Olorunda verbally assaulted and interfered with a flight attendant on a May 30 flight from Oregon to Atlanta, prompting the pilot to…
The first of five BelugaXL aircraft to fly has landed at Toulouse-Blagnac, France at 14:41 hrs local time after successfully completing its first flight lasting four hours and 11 minutes. The crew in the cockpit on board this flight comprised: Captain Christophe Cail, Co-Pilot Bernardo Saez-Benito Hernandez and Test-Flight Engineer Jean Michel Pin. Meanwhile, monitoring the aircraft systems and…