Cessna Caravan Engine Failure and Ditching in Ocean, Filmed From Inside (HD)

On December 11, 2013, about 1522 Hawaiian standard time, a Cessna 208B, N687MA, was destroyed following a loss of engine power and ditching into the Pacific Ocean near Kalaupapa, Hawaii. One passenger was fatally injured, the airline transport pilot and two passengers were seriously injured, and five passengers received minor injuries. (www.youtube.com) Plus d'info...

Pilot, who allegedly wanted to kill wife after an argument, dies after crashing plane

A pilot has allegedly died by suicide, leaving a trail of mayhem at the Matsieng Flying Club facility at Matsieng Aerodrome in Botswana. It is believed that the pilot had no permission to fly the aircraft involved. (www.news24.com) Plus d'info...

Software issue at German air traffic control ongoing, Lufthansa to cancel 22 flights on Monday

Lufthansa already cancelled 22 flights tomorrow (25 March) after a software issue at DFS German Air Traffic Control Center in Langen, Germany. At least 2,000 passengers have been affected by the cancellations. The airline advises to check on their website for further flight information. (www.aviation24.be) Plus d'info...

Traveler: Albertian Dreams – WestJet Goes Premium with the 787 Dreamliner (+Photos)

Founded in 1996, Alberta, Canada based WestJet is known for its low cost, no frills flights radiating from its home in Calgary. The upstart LCC, known for its friendly “Westjetter” service, has established itself as a popular airline with travelers. (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

Several Wow Air flights is cancelling dozens of flights amid fears of possible collapse

WOW Air cancelled dozens of flights today amid rumours of financial difficulties. (www.airlive.net) Plus d'info...

American Airlines is cancelling 90 flights a day as Boeing 737 Max remains grounded

American Airlines is cancelling 90 flights per day through April 24 as a result of the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft. (www.cnbc.com) Plus d'info...

Teen daughter removed from front of Spirit Airlines plane while uninformed mother sat in back, lawsuit claims

A 15-year-old girl is removed from a Spirit Airlines flight due to overbooking, while her unbeknownst mother and brother sit in the back of the plane — and don’t realize until halfway through the flight. While it may sound like the scene out of a movie like Flightplan or Home Alone 2, a Michigan woman claims it happened to her. Stacy Giordano says she was flying with her daughter and son from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to Detroit, Mich., in April of 2018, when the family had to switch planes in… (www.yahoo.com) Plus d'info...

Happy 14th Birthday FlightAware!

Happy Birthday Flightaware! May you have many more! (flightaware.com) Plus d'info...

Delta Airlines passenger shares photo of mother-daughter pilot team who flew him from LA to Atlanta - and the internet can't get enough of it

United may 'fly the friendly skies', but Delta Airlines flies the family skies as one passenger discovered during a recent trip. Dr. John R. Watret was flying from Los Angeles to Atlanta on March 16 when he learned that the flight's pilots were actually a mother-daughter team, Captain Wendy Rexon and her daughter, First Officer Kelly Rexon. Watret, the chancellor of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Worldwide Campus, stopped by the cockpit to snap a picture of the… (www.msn.com) Plus d'info...

Boeing 737 MAX: The FAA Wanted a Safe Plane – But Didn’t Want To Hurt America’s Biggest Exporter Either

Recent incidents aside, air travel is incredibly safe these days. Global airplane fatalities averaged 840 a year from 2010 to 2018, compared with almost 2,000 in the 1990s. In fact, this decade is on pace to see the fewest casualties since the dawn of jet travel in the 1930s (www.govexec.com) Plus d'info...

NTSB: United Regional jet missed runway in Presque Isle

The National Transportation Safety Board says a United Express regional jet didn’t slide off a runway in Maine — it missed the runway altogether. A preliminary report Thursday indicates the 50-seat Embraer 145 approached to the right of the runway on an aborted first landing attempt and then again when it touched down March 4 at Presque Isle International Airport. The document indicates it landed between the runway and taxiway. Photos suggest the jet plowed through the deep snow alongside the… (www.pressherald.com) Plus d'info...

India's Jet grounds seven more planes amid shutdown fears

India's debt-laden Jet Airways has grounded seven more planes after failing to pay for its aircraft leases, heaping pressure on its founder as a ballooning crisis threatens its survival. The beleaguered airline, gasping under debts of more than $1 billion, had grounded six planes earlier this week, and is also facing the threat of strike action over salary payments. In a statement late Friday announcing the latest groundings, the airline said it was "making all efforts to minimise… (www.yahoo.com) Plus d'info...

Samoa Airways rules out leasing a new Boeing 737 max 9 aircraft

Samoa's national carrier will not go ahead with the lease of a new Boeing 737 max 9 aircraft according to the prime minister. (www.radionz.co.nz) Plus d'info...

United Airlines Boeing 787 plane from Melbourne safely diverted with smoke from cockpit

A United Airlines Boeing 787-900 jet was diverted to the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Monday (March 25) after reports of smoke coming from the cockpit, a local official told AFP. The United States aircraft flying 256 passengers from Melbourne, Australia, to Los Angeles, touched down safely at La Tontouta airport in New Caledonia's capital Noumea. (www.straitstimes.com) Plus d'info...

United Airlines becomes first US airline to add non-binary gender booking options

United Airlines on Friday announced that it would become the first U.S. airline to offer non-binary gender options for customers booking flights. (thehill.com) Plus d'info...

Norwegian to debut between Brazil and UK on March 31

The operation between Rio de Janeiro and London will have four weekly flights, providing tourists and business travelers with more affordable passes... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) Plus d'info...

How Did the F.A.A. Allow the Boeing 737 Max to Fly?

With virtually every day that has passed since the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which killed a hundred and fifty-seven people, more disturbing news has emerged (www.newyorker.com) Plus d'info...

Capt Sullenberger criticizing Boeing and FAA

Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger says the FAA’s handling of the deadly crashes of two Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliners in just five months has damaged the United States’ longstanding “credibility as leaders in aviation.” Sullenberger is a retired airline pilot who famously landed his US Airways jet — an Airbus 320 — in the icy Hudson River off Manhattan in January 2009, after hitting a flock of geese and losing power in both engines. All 155 people on board the plane survived. (www.newsandguts.com) Plus d'info...

Regulators have ‘tentatively approved’ a software fix for Boeing’s 737 Max airplane

The software update will change an automated system, and still has to go through flight testing. (www.theverge.com) Plus d'info...