‘Vibrating’ plane makes emergency landing after engine cover gets torn off
A passenger said he “heard a little pop” after take-off Passengers on board an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle have described how the plane started “vibrating” before it was forced to make an emergency landing on Monday morning. Flight 558 “reported an unusual vibration on the left side of the aircraft soon after departure,” a […]
3 years ago
Pilots fly over destination airport at 37,000 feet – because they were both sleeping
They only awoke after the autopilot disconnected Two pilots managed to overshoot their destination airport due to them both being asleep at the time. The Ethiopian Airlines flight #ET343 from Khartoum to Addis Ababa was at 37,000 ft when it was supposed to start the descent into the destination airport. The Air Traffic Control tried […]
3 years ago
Woman tests positive for covid mid-flight, isolates for five hours in bathroom
Not quite the Mile High Club but we applaud her nonetheless A schoolteacher from Michigan self-isolated for five hours during a flight from Chicago after she tested positive for covid mid-flight. Self-isolation is tough enough in your own home let alone on the toilet of an aeroplane. Marisa Fotieo was flying to Iceland‘s capital Reykjavik […]
4 years ago
Afghan woman gives birth mid-air on US military evacuation flight
Some way to come into the world. Thankfully, the baby and her mother are in good condition Amidst the chaos of the Afghan evacuation following the Taliban takeover, there are so many stories coming out of the country – many bad but not all of them. While it is by no means the way anyone […]
4 years ago