Airline Offering Plane Crash Survival Course to Frequent Flyers

British Airways is giving their best customers a competitive edge in the event of disaster by offering a course on surviving a plane crash. Beginning next year, members of the airline's Executive Club can cash in air miles to take the four-hour safety class. From the article: "Andy Clubb, the BA manager running the course, told the Independent: 'It makes passengers safer when travelling by giving additional skills and information, it dispels all those Internet theories about the… (www.telegraph.co.uk) More...

Lufthansa Boeing 747 Hard Landing Incident: Chunk Of Engine Falls Off

This can't be good. "On May 28th at approximately 3:57pm local time, a Lufthansa Boeing 747 had a hard landing incident at Philadelphia International Airport. According to aviation website AeroInside, ground observers report that a “chunk of the engine came off on touch down”" (www.simpleflying.com) More...

Cessna Skyhawks Out Number Commercial Aircraft

One of the byproducts to the current pandemic is the number of GA aircraft outnumbering commercial airliners in the skies. At the time of this writing, there are more Cessna Skyhawks flying than 737s and A320s. Truly an interesting sight! (flightaware.com) More...

Flight redirected after passenger smears pooh all over the plane

A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Hong Kong had to be redirected to Alaska because of a passenger "smearing feces everywhere," (www.nydailynews.com) More...

F-18 crash attributed to rare dual engine failure

(CNN) -- A Navy F-18 fighter jet that crashed into a Virginia Beach neighborhood in April experienced dual engine failure, marking the first time an F-18 has had two unrelated catastrophic engine failures at the same time, according to a report released on the investigation. In the first five seconds of flight, the jet's right engine stalled from a fuel leak, the investigators said. The pilot tried to compensate with extra thrust from the left engine but it also failed due to an unrelated… (www.cnn.com) More...

Giant Antonov An-22 cargo plane crashes in rural Russia

A giant Antonov An-22 military cargo plane has crashed during training in a rural area of Russia's central Tula region with the loss of 12 air crew. (www.bbc.co.uk) More...

Fly the Unfriendly Skies

After a number of recent incidents including the ruptured fuselage of a Southwest Airlines flight, an air traffic controller caught sleeping on the job at Washington's Reagan airport, and the aborted landing of a plane carrying First Lady Michelle Obama, lawmakers and the media are focusing new attention on U.S. airline safety. That's all well and good, but a little perspective is needed. While the U.S. air system could undoubtedly use a few upgrades, it's nothing compared to the… (www.foreignpolicy.com) More...

Air-Traffic Control Is in the Midst of a Major Change

Shift from radar to GPS should make tracking faster and more accurate, allowing more planes in the air. (www.wsj.com) More...

The Billionaire Space Race Is Making Life Difficult for Airlines

... Airlines were somewhat less thrilled. On that day, 563 flights were delayed and 62 extra miles added to flights in the southeast region of the U.S., according to Federal Aviation Administration data released Tuesday by the Air Line Pilots Association, or ALPA." (www.bloomberg.com) More...

Ohio woman dies after walking into propeller at regional airport

(Reuters) - An office worker at an Ohio regional airport has died from head injuries she sustained after walking into a spinning airplane propeller, authorities said on Wednesday. (www.reuters.com) More...