Then, Williams segued to a pilot’s recent report of “a near midair collision” with a drone near the airport in Tallahassee, Florida. The pilot said that it appeared to be small, camouflaged, “remotely piloted” and about 2,300 feet up in the air at the time of the incident.”The pilot said that the UAS was so…
Four people were injured Sunday afternoon when a US Airways flight hit severe turbulence shortly after taking off from Philadelphia International Airport, an airline spokesman said. Three people, including two flight attendants, were taken to hospitals for treatment after the plane returned to Philadelphia, said spokesman McGlashen.There were 265 people on board, including a crew of 10,…
A flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger went into premature labour and gave birth on board.The 30-year-old woman, who was 26 weeks into her pregnancy, was one of 296 passengers aboard the British Airways Boeing 777 which was flying from Nigeria to London.The crew diverted to Palma in Majorca when…
The South Korean government said Friday it will punish Asiana Airlines Inc. after pilots of one of the carrier’s passenger planes continued with a journey despite discovering an engine problem.
Russian newspaper Izvestia reported that a Russian Air Force Tu-95 bomber overflew an Air France A319 passenger jet with a separation of about 100 m en route over Russia.On March 14, 2014, Air France flight AF-1645, operated by Airbus A319 F-GRXC, took off from runway 25L at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport at 15:03 hours local time. Destination of…
Air France says a plane carrying 495 passengers and 22 crew was diverted on its way from Shanghai to Paris after Russia announced at short notice that part of its airspace was closed for a military exercise.The company said flight AF111 was forced to land in Hamburg, Germany, early Wednesday to refuel because the plane…