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• Runaway dog causing flight havoc at Cape Town International

  
  The Wanderer — Authority: 114
  A dog which has been on the loose at Cape Town International Airport for the past week is causing havoc by running onto the runway as aircraft are about to land, according to this report on local aviation website Avcom. On one occasion, the pilot was forced to go around twice before landing safely on [...]Related ...
  1 week ago

• Ask the Captain: Which is the safest seat on an airplane?

  
  YourLifeIsATrip.com — Authority: 118
  Plane Talk: Got a question? Ask the Captain! Do you have a question about airline safety, flight etiquette, jet lag, or air travel in general? Submit your question and look for answers in a future column. by W. M. Wiggins   When making my seat selection, Ive often wondered which is the safest place ...
  2 weeks ago

• Runway danger warning

  
  amFIX — Authority: 586
  By Allan ChernoffCNN Sr. CorrespondentFederal investigators are concerned a "potential danger to the flying public persists" because of the simultaneous use of intersecting runways at Newark-Liberty International Airport, one of the busiest in the nation and a gateway to the New York metropolitan area.The FAA says it ...
  2 weeks ago

• Was it really a Miracle on the Hudson?

  
  Anderson Cooper 360 — Authority: 623
  CNN When US Airways Flight 1549 ditched in the Hudson River and all of its 150 passengers and five crew members were safely rescued in January, the landing of the airplane by pilot Chesley Sullenberger was quickly proclaimed the "Miracle on the Hudson" and dominated national news for days. A pilot who virtually ...
  3 weeks ago

• Welcome Aboard Comrade

  
  Get the Flick — Authority: 130
  They are wearing me down. I’m not sure I can treat these people seriously anymore. Perhaps I never should have. I’m sorry, but I can’t call this Wal-Street Journal headline even slightly better than propaganda. It’s just out and out propaganda. Airlines Fight for Safety-Upgrade Funds There’s no ...
  3 weeks ago

• Police: Drunk pilot arrested pre-flight

  
  amFIX — Authority: 586
  LONDON, England (CNN) – British police said they stopped a United Airlines pilot from flying while intoxicated earlier this week, pulling him from a Boeing 767 aircraft at Londons Heathrow airport and charging him with being on duty while his blood-alcohol level was over the limit.Scotland Yard said that Erwin ...
  4 weeks ago

• Nap time for pilots?

  
  amFIX — Authority: 586
  An FAA-assembled advisory committee has recommended that the FAA endorse controlled cockpit napping.By Allan ChernoffCNN Sr. Correspondent"This is your pilot speaking. Its time for my nap."While you wont hear that announcement, next year it could be exactly whats happening in the cockpit of your flight at 35,000 ...
  4 weeks ago

• What Exactly Airlines Doing to You?

  
  Fire Earth — Authority: 429
  Six passengers faint on board British Airways flight London Ambulance service were called to treat at least six passengers at UK’s Heathrow airport after they fainted while on a British Airways flight.None of the passengers needed hospitalization and were told they could  continue their journeys, according to the ...
  5 weeks ago

• How can pilots forget to land?

  
  amFIX — Authority: 586
  According to the NTSB, the two Northwest pilots who overshot their landing by 150 miles were using their laptops and lost track of time. You may be wondering – how could that happen?In this AM original were taking you inside the cockpit with the help of a flight simulator to see just what pilots deal [...]
  6 weeks ago

• Pilots of wayward flight talk to NTSB

  
  amFIX — Authority: 586
  Washington (CNN) – Federal investigators have interviewed the pilots of a Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last week, a National Transportation Safety Board spokesman said on Sunday.The NTSB also said that flight attendants might be interviewed on Monday, and that it ...
  6 weeks ago

• Video: Asleep in the cockpit?

  
  Anderson Cooper 360 — Authority: 623
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  6 weeks ago

• Sculptural Insult to the Erebus Victims

  
  Apartheid New Zealand — Authority: 424
  Sent by a reader [edited by TEAA]“This is how our pilot flew…”On Behalf of Air New Zealand, “Sorry for Killing Your Loved Ones!”Air New Zealand CEP didn’t have the b*lls to own up, the p*mp he is, so we thought we say sorry instead to the victims of Air NZ negligent mass homicide at [...]
  6 weeks ago

• Washing Machines to be as Safe as Airliners?

  
  Old & N the Way — Authority: 106
  Electrolux announced Friday that it is going to close down its production facilities in Iowa and move the operation to Mexico. It represents about 850 workers in two small towns (Webster City and Jefferson). While moving jobs from Americans that bother companies with stuff like healthcare, vacations, living wages, ...
  6 weeks ago

• Interactive Map: Live Air Traffic Control

  
  Anderson Cooper 360 — Authority: 623
  LiveATC CNNs Mike M. Ahlers reported earlier today the story of the flight from San Diego, California, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, that overshot its destination airport by about 150 miles Wednesday. Federal investigators are now looking into whether the pilots had become distracted, as they claimed, or perhaps fallen ...
  7 weeks ago

• Airliner overshoots airport; controllers feared hijacking

  
  Anderson Cooper 360 — Authority: 623
  An aerial view shows downtown Minneapolis. By Mike M. Ahlers CNN A passenger flight from San Diego, California, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, overshot its destination airport by about 150 miles Wednesday, and federal investigators are looking into whether the pilots had become distracted, as they claimed, or ...
  7 weeks ago

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