A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Wednesday revealed what happened in the moments leading up to the deadly midair collision of two crop-duster airplanes last month near Whiteface. The report comes about three weeks after the June 14 crash in Cochran County that left Philip Joseph Kitten dead and Jeremy Deshawn […]
Yet another Boeing aircraft has suffered yet another mid-air upset, as a jet operated by Southwest was caught on video making a terrifying, unexpected dive towards a residential neighborhood in Oklahoma City, OK. Just after midnight on Wednesday, a Boeing 737-800 en route to Oklahoma City from Las Vegas was cleared to land at Will Rogers […]
The passenger says he told the flight attendant “she was doing a great job under the circumstances” during a retelling of the incident Chris Rank/Rank Studios 2018/Delta Delta Plane interior A Delta passenger is opening up about an unpleasant incident he said happened on a recent flight — and how well the flight attendant handled […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A rocket launched by North Korea to deploy the country’s second spy satellite exploded shortly after liftoff Monday, state media reported, in a setback for leader Kim Jong Un’s hopes to field satellites to monitor the U.S. and South Korea. Monday’s failed launch came hours after leaders of South Korea, […]
A Boeing jet was forced to make an emergency landing on Wednesday after one of the beleaguered manufacturer’s planes suffered another scary mid-air incident. The New York Post reported the harrowing episode. At around 5:15 p.m. local time Wednesday, a Boeing 747-400 operated by Garuda Indonesia departed from the city of Makassar en route to […]
Photo: flightlog / Wikimedia Commons A Beechcraft V35 crashed near Franklin, Tennessee on Wednesday, killing all three people onboard. This wasn’t the typical single-engine plane crash, as Initial findings indicate the aircraft broke apart in the sky, ABC News reports. A 911 caller reported hearing an explosion that is believed to be the crash, according […]
The pilot, 53, was unable to deploy the aircraft’s landing gear after it took off at a runway north of Sydney, Australia Sky News Australia/Youtube A plane with failed landing gear landing at Newcastle Airport in Australia Three people onboard a plane in Australia just survived a very close escape. On Monday, May 13, the […]
With the exodus of so much western technology from Russia following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, one of Vladimir Putin’s priorities has been the attainment of “digital sovereignty”: homegrown tech (and tech companies) that can’t be yanked away by western rivals when Russia does something to displease them. Efforts at digital sovereignty have taken many […]
Ten people have died after two navy helicopters collided in mid-air during a military rehearsal for a Royal Malaysian Navy parade. One of the choppers clipped the rotor of the other before the two crashed into the ground, footage published on local media show. The incident took place at 09:30 local time (02:30 BST) in […]
The Alaska Airlines plane that had a door panel fall off midair in January had been scheduled to undergo maintenance later that night, the airline confirmed Tuesday. The incident on Flight 1282, which took off from Portland, Oregon, at 5:07 p.m. Jan. 5, resulted in no serious injuries but sparked an investigation that revealed no […]
STORY: The aircraft experienced a “massive jolt”, passenger Brian Jokat told New Zealand media. As a result, 10 passengers and three cabin crew members were taken to a hospital, the South American carrier said as it investigates the cause. Another passenger Lucas Ellwood said there were “people scared, screaming, crying and lots of injuries”. The […]
An unfortunate skier attempting a daring mid-air jump suffered an embarrassing injury when he collided with a chair lift. The episode occurred last weekend while 17-year-old Ivan Jones was practicing a run at the Lake Louise Ski Resort in Alberta, Canada. He shared the harrowing clip to Instagram on Tuesday. Jones was attempting a 360-degree […]