Ex-Alaska pilot receives sentence for mid-flight engine incident
Former Alaska Airlines Pilot Avoids Prison Time After Psychedelic Incident A former pilot with Alaska Airlines, who attempted to turn off an engine while under the influence of psychedelic mushrooms during a flight in 2023, will not face prison time following a judge’s decision on Monday. U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio gave Joseph Emerson credit […]
Passenger on Turkish Airlines flight to California passes away mid-flight, and the whereabouts of the body remain unclear.
A passenger passed away on a Turkish airline flight bound for California, and the whereabouts of the body remain unclear. As reported by the Aviation Blog, on July 13, while en route from Istanbul to San Francisco, the flight encountered a serious medical emergency. Passengers and crew were alerted, and there was a plan to […]
Video shows Frontier passenger tackled after allegedly banging window mid-flight
A group of Frontier Airlines passengers rushed to action during a flight earlier this week, tackling and detaining ferocious fellow passengers. Aerial horrors of catch-on cameras occurred Tuesday night as Frontier Flight 4856 was moving from Denver to Houston. Fox 26 Houston, Citations from flight recognition data. The man tried to talk to a woman […]
Canadian accused of attacking travelers, TSA officers at Miami airport day after involvement in mid-flight disturbance: reports
A Canadian man allegedly attacked travelers and Transportation Security Administration agents at a Miami airport on Saturday, a day after he was involved in an in-flight anomaly that caused his plane to make a U-turn, authorities and media reports said. Cameron Dylan McDougal, 28, is facing assault charges after he allegedly first attacked the victim […]
Rapper Desiigner blames being vegan, mushrooms for mid-flight masturbation bust
Rapper Desiigner claims that the mid-air panic he experienced when he was arrested for masturbating on a plane last year was due to the fact that he’s a vegan and had been high on mushrooms. The 27-year-old rapper, whose real name is Sydney Royel Selby III, blamed his dietary preferences after he was federally charged […]
American Airlines passenger who was duct taped to seat, gagged after trying to open cabin door mid-flight sued
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is suing an apparently psychopathic American Airlines passenger who caused chaos by trying to open the front door mid-flight and forcing flight attendants to duct tape him to his seat. Heather Wells, 34, of San Antonio, began biting, kicking and spitting at staff and other passengers about an hour into […]
Girl, 8, dies after mid-flight medical episode forces plane to makes emergency landing
An 8-year-old girl died after becoming unresponsive on a Chicago-bound flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in Peoria, Illinois, authorities said. Sydney Weston was on a vacation to the Windy City from Joplin, Missouri with her family when she experienced a medical emergency during the flight. After the emergency was reported, the […]
NYC mom sues American Airlines after son, 14, died following medical emergency mid-flight
A New York City mother is suing American Airlines and demanding answers after her 14-year-old son died during a medical emergency on a plane. Bronx resident Melissa Als claims the defibrillator used by crews to save the boy was defective, and a new lawsuit says the defibrillator is now missing. It is said that there […]
Alaska Airlines receives ‘initial’ $160M from Boeing after mid-flight panel blowout — additional compensation ‘expected’
Boeing paid Alaska Airlines $160 million The airline made the announcement Thursday after an in-flight door panel explosion earlier this year. In a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filingAlaska Airlines reported that Boeing provided “initial compensation…to address the economic harm resulting from the grounding of Flight 1282 and the 737-9 MAX.” In January, Flight […]
Delta Air Lines Plane Loses Part In Mid-Flight, Makes Emergency U-Turn
A Delta Airlines jet bound for the Netherlands lost an engine pylon panel during takeoff Sunday and returned to Utah, according to reports. The Airbus A330neo, carrying 260 passengers and 13 crew members, departed Salt Lake City for Amsterdam and arrived at the Montana-North Dakota border before safely returning to Salt Lake after one of […]