MD-83 Crash Near Houston

Major crash, many details still unknown at this time. (www.kxan.com) Mehr...

DC air traffic disrupted after American Airlines flight stalls near runway

Emergency crews at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. are responding to a jet that has been stopped in the middle of the airport's main runway. The jet sat on the runway for about 10 minutes before fire and rescue crews arrived, according to a video taken of the plane and posted to social media. (www.foxnews.com) Mehr...

Alaskan Seaplanes Aircraft Crashes on Takeoff

The Alaskan Seaplanes aircraft had six people on board – five passengers and a pilot. The flight was from Juneau International Airport to Skagway. (www.foxnews.com) Mehr...

Ex-NYC surgeon confesses to throwing wife’s body from an airplane over Atlantic in 1985

“I went flying. I opened the door and then took her body out of the airplane over the ocean,” Bierenbaum told the parole board in December 2020, according to a newly obtained transcript. (nypost.com) Mehr...

When air disasters happen, here are tips on increasing your chances of survival

The dramatic event of nearly two dozen people safely evacuating the passenger plane that crashed in Houston earlier this week has brought renewed attention to the survivability of air disasters. (www.foxnews.com) Mehr...

FAA demanding more transparency from U.S. airplane manufacturers - testimony

"We are prioritizing oversight of manufacturers and working to focus that oversight on safety-critical areas. We are delegating fewer responsibilities and demanding more transparency from them, and evaluating key assumptions prior to delegating functions in certain areas." (www.reuters.com) Mehr...

Smokey first A350 engine start

Burning off the preservation oil during the first start of a Rolls Royce Trent XWB engine on an Airbus A350-900 after a scheduled engine change (www.youtube.com) Mehr...

Airplane Drops Human Waste On Man While Flying Over His Garden

he said the man's "whole garden, and garden umbrellas, and him" were splattered in human waste dumped from a plane flying overheard. "I know a number of incidents happen every year with frozen sewage from planes, but this wasn't frozen and his whole garden was splattered in a very unpleasant way," she said, according to BBC. (www.ndtv.com) Mehr...

Skywest Airlines Outage Sparks Delays, Cancellations of Hundreds of Flights

Skywest Airlines customers on Thursday faced frustrating flight delays and cancellations across the country following a computer glitch that lasted about five hours. Around 700 flights were canceled, affecting some of the largest U.S. airline operators, Reuters reported. SkyWest provides regional services for American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Airlines and Alaska Airlines. A SkyWest internal computer problem temporarily disabled operations for about five hours before it was fixed, and… (www.msn.com) Mehr...

Zephyr S pseudo-satellite drone hits record altitude of 76,100 ft

Airbus' high-endurance stratosphere drone, the Zephyr S, has set a new altitude record for an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in its class, soaring to 76,100 ft (23,915 m) in the skies over Arizona during two flights totaling 36 days aloft. (newatlas.com) Mehr...