Pilot, passenger arrested on drug charges after plane makes emergency landing in Calif.
An instructor pilot and a student passenger were arrested on drug smuggling charges after a small plane made an emergency landing on a Southern California highway, police said. Pilot Gabriel Leon Bright, 21, called authorities around 1:45 a.m. Thursday to say his Piper Cherokee Pathfinder had engine trouble and was scheduled to land on State […]
Boeing 737’s wheel falls off shortly after landing in Argentina in latest potential safety fail by planemaker
A wheel fell off a Boeing 737 shortly after landing in Argentina, the latest safety flaw from the scandal-scarred aircraft maker. The Aerolineas Argentinas plane was en route from Ushuaia to Buenos Aires around 6pm on Monday when its left rear wheel came off on a taxiway, according to the airline and photos. The Aerolineas […]
JetBlue plane makes emergency landing in Kansas after smoke alert goes off
A JetBlue Airways plane was forced to make a sudden emergency landing in Kansas on Saturday evening after the pilot was alerted to possible smoke in the cargo bay, leaving some passengers in tears, authorities said. JetBlue said in a statement Sunday that the transcontinental flight had taken off from John F. Kennedy Airport in […]
Door falls off plane, forcing emergency landing in South Carolina
A plane in South Carolina made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff on Tuesday after a door on the small aircraft fell off. The single-engine Diamond DA40 plane declared a medical emergency after a door crashed into a vacant yard just minutes after taking off from Myrtle Beach International Airport at 2:53 p.m. WMBF-TV reported. […]
Video shows small plane make emergency landing on one wheel
Dramatic video shows the moment a small plane pilot made a “textbook” emergency landing on one landing gear. Footage from Tuesday afternoon shows a Cape Air Cessna 402C detecting a landing gear problem shortly after taking off for Maine and returning to Boston's Logan Airport. WCVB reported. As the plane approached the airport, only the […]
easyJet flight makes emergency landing in Munich, Germany after alleged drunk passenger tried to storm cockpit
An allegedly drunk passenger on board the plane tried to storm into the cockpit of an easyJet plane, causing chaos in the air and forcing the pilot to change course and make an emergency landing, terrifying passengers on board. Flight U28235 took off from London Gatwick Airport in the UK just after 3:30 p.m. on […]
FAA Grounds the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Following Landing Mishap
The FAA has grounded SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket for the second time in less than two months following a failed booster landing attempt during the Starlink 8-6 mission. Space Flight Now Reports SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after its first stage booster hard landed during the Starlink 8-6 […]
Trump said he was in helicopter ’emergency landing’ with former mayor. See mayor’s response
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown speaks with CNN’s John Berman after former President Donald Trump recounted a … source
Gavin Newsom jokes about Harris landing nomination without primary, laughs he was ‘told’ to call it inclusive
California Gov. Gavin Newsom joked about the process by which Vice President Kamala Harris secured the Democratic presidential nomination, saying in an interview posted Friday that he was “told to say” it was an open and inclusive process. Harris replaced Biden at the top of the list of candidates after President Biden’s shock announcement last […]
Yankees sign autographs for Little Leaguers after landing in Williamsport
The Yankees received a warm welcome ahead of their showdown with the Detroit Tigers in the Little League Classic. The pinstriped American League East leaders received a hero’s welcome from fans when they arrived in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for Sunday’s Little League Classic. The game, scheduled to start at 7:10 p.m. ET, originally made its MLB […]