airplane incidents

FAA investigating after plane lands on eastbound I-470 Tuesday afternoon Airport data and layout can be seen here: https://www.airnav.com/airport/KLXT Wind conditions were something like ENE 6mph. Landed in eastbound lanes here, with Douglas exit behind them, Colbern ahead. Airport is just...

First flying lesson, trainer passes out. Well done that man https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2019/09/first-time-student-pilot-makes-emergency-landing-after-kiwi-instructor-passes-out-mid-flight.html

Metro: Airline sends £85,000 bill to woman who tried to open emergency doors mid-flight "A passenger who allegedly caused two RAF jets to be scrambled to escort a plane back to Stansted Airport has been sent an £85,000 bill by the airline. Chloe Haines, 25, is accused by Jet2 of a ‘catalogue...

Boeing was planning to make software revisions for the 737 Max in January that might have prevented the Ethiopian Airways crash that killed 157 people. But regulatory approval was delayed by the 35-day U.S. government shutdown...

American Airlines apologizes to mom, baby kicked off flight for skin condition It's not contagious of course, which is all they needed to know, and she told them, but the flight crew insisted that she needed a note from a doctor to fly.

Debris penetrated hull, broke window. Passenger apparently stuck in window. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da_2f2hXUAAATES.jpg:large http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/mlab601/29E2F79B-BB33-4FB4-A1E2-C24E699B98D8_zpswmufifqm.jpeg...

http://airport.blog.ajc.com/2017/06/05/emotional-support-dog-bites-passenger-on-delta-flight/

Diverted to Goose Bay. No one injured. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DK_-SAMVYAANoZr.jpg:large https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/01/engine-breaks-up-on-air-france-a380-forcing-emergency-landing-in-canada#img-1...

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/35811846/hawaii-teacher-forced-to-hold-son-on-lap-after-united-gives-purchased-seat-to-standby-passenger Arguing with United airlines can result in missing teeth so it seems the mom decided not to make a fuss. Anyone who believes claim this is stupid. Ranb

Another one: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/southwest-airlines-fists-fly-video/ Maybe they should start requiring a hefty deposit up front and if you get into any altercation of any kind, you lose the money. As if I didn't hate flying enough, now apparently I need to wear a football helmet...

This is an interesting case, having heard a rumor that some overweight people are now demanding that airline seating be altered to accommodate them, I always find events like this something to watch, there is after all limited space on an aircraft and the weights must be properly allowed for, or...

Passenger dragged off overbooked United Airlines flight for refusing to "volunteer" BBC News: Why was a passenger dragged off a US flight? "Videos showing a man being violently removed from a United Airlines flight have provoked a public outcry on social media. The footage taken from inside...

This could get ugly http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38430164

During a Coast to Coast AM interview on February 28, 2015 --- which went into the morning hours of March 1, 2015 --- psychic actress Noreen Renier spoke to host Dave Schrader about flight 370. Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared March 8, 2014, so Renier’s “super psychic” foresight had been...

This should be fun... http://www.salon.com/2015/02/04/conrad_hilton_wont_be_sullied_by_peasants/ Rule 10 applies to quoted text as well as what you type; please ensure profanities are properly masked.

Looks like plane crash threads are going to be as popular as gun threads... ugh A day after the crash in Taiwan. :(

Amsterdam to KL Boeing 777 has reportedly crashed in Ukraine near the russian border. 280 passengers and 15 crew. :(

Noted aerobatic pilot Eddie Andreini died today at an airshow performance at Travis AFB in California. He was flying his Stearman, and the word on some aviation forums is that he was performing an inverted very-low-pass ribbon-cut trick (the plane flies close to the ground, upside down, and...

The stolen passports seem real, yet the incident itself smacks of a hoax, as a media diversion from the Ukraine situation. "Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370 ... After the airline released a manifest of the 239 people on the plane, Austria denied that one of its citizens was on the flight as the...

Malaysia Airlines Flight Goes Missing En Route to China The flight number is MH370.

The recent crash in Russia was reported as a crash landing, or crashed attepting to land. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24980055 http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/17/world/europe/russia-jetliner-crash/ Recent video released suggests something rather more dramatic...

So not three months after the plane was returned to service one has suffered a fire at Heathrow Airport: Heathrow reopens after Boeing Dreamliner 787 fire And ironically this was the very same plane that made the first commercial flight after the 787 was cleared to fly again after the last...

An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 originating in Seoul has crashed on landing at San Francisco International. Witnesses report a fireball at landing, followed by the plane cartwheeling with parts of the tail and wing breaking off. No report on injuries/fatalities yet...

So I was over on another forum, and some drooling moron offered these pictures of a nose in crash and claimed that because it looked so different, Flt 93 could not have crashed in Shanksville. Are these people chewing Jimpson weed?

Popular mechanics has a breakdown on what happened to that flight. I was interested myself and this paints a morbid picture. http://www.popularmechanics.com/print-this/what-really-happened-aboard-air-france-447-6611877?page=all Any pilots in this forum that can comment on it? Have they...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/16/travel/frequent-flier-complaints-northwest/index.html Interesting...

http://news.yahoo.com/official-air-race-crash-mass-casualty-situation-003508340.html rCNePeKn3Tg

Florida Professor Arrested for Having a "Suspicious" Bagel on a Plane http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Florida-Professor-Arrested-for-Having-aSuspicious-Bagel-on-a-Plane-112825029.html Be vigilant. Even now, people wishing to destroy us and our way of life are plotting to end our...

Defense tech article. El Pais article. The central ground computer system and apparently the onboard air monitoring system were infected with Trojans. Neither notified that the flaps were incorrectly placed causing the deaths of 154 passengers years ago. One of the comments says: Does...

This from Buffalo news, officials have not yet to confirmed: http://www.buffalonews.com/260/story/578451.html