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Iranian aircraft crash caught on new video
Jun 3rd, 2011 at 2:30PM: 2009's crash of an Iranian military aircraft was a terrible loss of life and technology. Emerging this week is a new perspective of the crash, captured from the back of a C130 that happened to be refueling an F-4 Phantom in the area. In the video, you can clearly see the Iranian aircraft spiraling out of control and tumbling down to earth, a haunting image captured purely by accident.
The new ...
What its like to survive a plane crash - 3 things one passenger learned about life
Apr 27th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
Have you ever wondered what its like to be in a crashing airplane? The thoughts that would go through your head? While many of us have no doubt experienced troubling turbulence, sitting in your seat as the engines fail and the aircraft careens towards the earth is probably every traveler's worst nightmare.
In 2009, Us Airways flight 1549 experienced loss of both engines due to a collision ...
Fuel truck has a "fender bender" with a Delta Air Lines plane at Laguardia Airport
Feb 14th, 2011 at 10:30AM:
No injuries were reported after a fuel truck clipped a Delta Air Lines plane at New York's Laguardia Airport Sunday, a Delta spokesperson said. The airline says all 106 passengers aboard flight 2879 were sitting down and the plane wasn't moving when the accident occurred.
The plane has since been removed from service and sustained wing damage. The flight, scheduled to depart for Fort ...
Search for Air France 447 to resume
Nov 28th, 2010 at 8:00AM: French air accident investigators announced yesterday that search teams will return to a remote region of the Atlantic to resume the search for Air France Flight 447 in early 2011. Officials from the airline and the investigative agency recently met with families of the passengers on board that flight, who urged them to continue the search for the missing plane. Those families have lingering ...Plane crash caused by crocodile?
Oct 23rd, 2010 at 4:30PM: Any time I fly an African carrier my friends get worried. While some have good safety records like the ten safest airlines in Africa, others show an abysmal lack of basic care. Such was the case of the ill-fated Filair flight on August 25 that crashed into a house as it approached Bandundu city airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Twenty people were killed. Authorities claimed the ...Turbulence hurts: leading cause of in-flight injury
Jul 22nd, 2010 at 9:00AM: If you aren't splattered in a fatal crash, you're most likely to be injured by severe turbulence. Don't get shaken up by this, though, odds are the biggest risk you'll face is a middle seat sandwiched by garlic-eater and a heavy talker (choose which way you want to read that one). While you can't be saved from the people around you, you can protect our body from a bouncing plane: put on your ...Survival guide app
Jul 8th, 2010 at 1:00PM: No one likes to think of the bad things that could happen on a trip. But what would you do if you survived a plane crash, were caught in a terrorist attack, or encountered a tsunami while on vacation? Well wonder no more iphone users. The SAS Survival Guide has been around in book form for over twenty years but now there's an app.
John "Lofty" Wiseman spent years as a soldier and instructor for ...Indonesian 737 skids off runway, breaks in half
Apr 14th, 2010 at 8:00AM: An Indonesian 737 operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines skidded off of a runway in the eastern Paupa province early yesterday, coming to rest over a canal and subsequently breaking in two right through the fuselage.
Initial reports indicate that the incident was weather related and had nothing to do with the aircraft or its operator.
Miraculously, nobody was killed during the incident ...
"Miracle on the Hudson" plane up for auction
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 10:30AM: The plane that Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger landed safely in the Hudson River just over a year ago is going up for auction. Chartis Aerospace Insurance Services is accepting bids on the plane, which is described as "having severe water damage throughout the airframe and impact damage to its underside" according to USA Today, though March 27.
Unfortunately, as celeb-gossip site TMZ ...FAA admits near-collision of two jets
Dec 5th, 2009 at 11:30AM: Early in the morning on November 23, two jets coming in for landing at Denver International Airport had a near-miss, as one plane tried to make a U-turn into the path of the other, causing the jets to come within 200 feet of one another.
According to ABC News, one jet was in a line of planes coming in for landing. The other was on a parallel path, and needed to be guided in to the line. Air ...Plane Answers: A pilot's seatbelt sign philosophy and aircraft accident odds
Jun 16th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Caroline asks: Can someone tell me why the pilot sometimes turns on the seatbelt sign but it's seemingly for no reason? I recently flew Dubai to London and he (or she) kept putting it on ...Hawaii safer than ever (in the sky)
Apr 15th, 2009 at 1:30PM: Air tour accidents are down according to a bizarre measurement. For the current decade, crashes are down from the 1990s. However you stack it up, though, this can only be seen as a positive development. For the past 10 years, there has been an average of 2.5 accidents per year. The decade before, it was 3.6 a year. Last year was a below-average year (a good thing), with only two accidents. A ...Commuter plane crashed on way to Nome and all safe
Feb 20th, 2009 at 3:30PM: Last night a Frontier Flying Service plane heading to Nome, Alaska from Brevig Mission went down with a pilot and five passengers. Although the story is not as fantastical as the Hudson River landing, I imagine the sentiments of those on board are similar, particularly with the news of the crash near Buffalo still so recent.
According to this Anchorage Daily News article sent our way by Matt, a ...Lives saved from missed connection on flight to Buffalo
Feb 14th, 2009 at 9:30AM: Imagine this scenario. You're feeling aggravated because your flight has been delayed. Because of this delay, you've missed your connection on another flight. The hours have ticked by while you're wondering when you might get to your destination.
Then you find out that the plane you would have been on if your flight had not been delayed had crashed into a house and everyone on board had ...Sharks circling Hudson landing
Jan 27th, 2009 at 2:00PM: When US Airways ponied up $5,000 a passenger for the passengers of Flight 1549, most seemed skeptical. Commenter Bill opined, "I'm guessing those $5000 checks won't stop any lawsuits." A recent story in USA Today confirms this view. And, of course, lawyers have been contacted. Joe Hart wants his bloody nose and bruises "made whole." The salesman from Charlotte also says it's too soon to know what ...Plane Answers: Fear of flying, aging aircraft and more on those 'dings.'
Jan 13th, 2009 at 4:30PM: Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Brian asks: I would like to know if I have the option of knowing what kind of plane I'm in and how old it is at the time of making my reservation? Specific airplanes are usually chosen the ...Pilot hits house, crashes plane then gets up and drives back home
Nov 17th, 2008 at 12:30PM: Here is a wacky story from the aviation world; a pilot was flying his Cessna towards an air strip at the private Brookeridge Airport near Chicago, when something went wrong. During his approach, he clipped a house, crashed into some trees and flipped his plane upon impact. Luck was clearly temporarily on his side, because he was able to walk away, get into a car and drive back home. When the ...Barenaked Ladies frontman survives plane crash
Aug 25th, 2008 at 3:30PM: Ed Robertson, the lead singer of popular Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, survived a crash of his Cessna 206 yesterday, in an accident that involved Robertson and three others. The plane, piloted by Robertson, was traveling over a rural area of southeastern Ontario when its engine stalled unexpectedly.
Robertson managed to set the plane straight and land it among some trees. The four passengers ...Sudan Airways Airbus bursts into flames in Khartoum
Jun 11th, 2008 at 9:20AM: A Sudanese aircraft inbound from Damascus and Amman burst into flames on the tarmac yesterday in Khartoum as it was taxiing towards the terminal. News reporters are still sifting out the details, but it appears that the problem was not related to the poor weather near the airfield or any pilot error but rather a technical problem with one of the engines. At this point, it seems that one of the ...Bedlam at Heathrow ensues, as British Airways 777 shorts landing
Jan 17th, 2008 at 10:15PM: London's Heathrow Airport was cast into disarray today when a British Airways (BA) 777 landed short of runway 27 and nosedived into the earth before the tarmac. Several landing gear were sheared off while the airframe sustained significant damage. Amazingly, there were no casualties in the disaster, with only a couple dozen passengers being taken to the hospital for minor injuries and one ...
