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Published Wednesday April 18 2018 5:12 am.
Investigators say a preliminary examination of the blown jet engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia showed evidence of metal fatigue. Passengers describe a terrifying experience. One woman died. A female passenger died after a jet engine explosion during Southwest Airlines Flight 1380’s cruising altitude in flight over Pennsylvania, […]
Posted in 24/7 Fire Rescue!, Air Travel
Published Tuesday April 17 2018 12:59 pm.
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 passenger jet made an emergency landing about 11:20 a.m. ET Tuesday April 17, 2018 at Philadelphia International Airport after an engine blew out, and the aircraft was diverted during its New York-to-Dallas route. UPDATE … 1 Killed, 7 Injured: Southwest Passenger Was Extruded Through Broken Aircraft Window After Jet Engine […]
Posted in 24/7 Fire Rescue!, Air Travel
Published Monday June 05 2017 8:12 am.
Commercial travelers haven’t had a supersonic option since the Concorde stopped flying in 2003, ending 3.5 hour trips from New York to Paris. Boom thinks it can make supersonic passenger jet flight cost-effective for any airliner, across more routes. Boom CEO Blake Scholl. Air and space startup Boom Technology says Long flights are a barrier […]
Posted in Air Travel
Published Monday April 17 2017 9:27 am.
A bride groom were on board a United Airlines aircraft in Houston, Texas waiting to depart to Costa Rica to get married, but the couple changed seats. The couple didn’t think changing seats would be a problem since the flight was half full. The seats they moved to were considered upgraded seats, and flight staff […]
Posted in Air Travel
Published Tuesday April 11 2017 1:41 pm.
Jimmy Kimmel has a lot to say about the video of a United Airlines passenger being dragged off a plane because the flight was overbooked. Amidst all the controversy though, United won’t even admit doing anything wrong, in fact they seem to be doubling down. Highly damaging public relations for United Airlines after a passenger […]
Posted in Air Travel
Published Wednesday February 22 2017 2:01 pm.
A small yellow plane that sources say was piloted by Harrison Ford can be seen in the video darting over a jetliner and landing on an airport taxiway, instead of its intended runway at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. Video released this week shows a plane piloted by Harrison Ford flying solo and […]
Posted in Air Travel
Published Sunday January 08 2017 11:12 am.
Only two days since a man killed 5 people in the shooting at the Ft. Lauderdale airport, a scare Sunday at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Chicago Police say a man breached a security checkpoint in Terminal 3 and tried to board a Spirit Airlines flight. Man Subdued After Breaching Security At O'Hare https://t.co/EUnhNBpHVX — CBS […]
Posted in Air Travel, Streets of Chicagoland
Published Saturday January 07 2017 2:54 pm.
A LAM Linhas Aereas de Mocambique Boeing 737-700, registration C9-BAQ performing flight TM-136 from Maputo to Tete (Mozambique) with 80 passengers and 6 crew, was on final approach to Tete when the crew heard a loud bang. Post flight examination revealed a drone had impacted the right hand side of the radome, according to The […]
Posted in Air Travel, News Zombies-Trends
Published Tuesday December 20 2016 8:44 pm.
Pictures posted on Facebook by Daisy Fuentes show Chicago and Highland Park native Richard Marx helping to subdue a man who lashed out at other passengers and crew and needed to be restrained. Fuentes and Marx, married on December 23, 2015, were traveling from Hanoi to Seoul. Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, actor Richard Marx with […]
Posted in Air Travel
Published Sunday August 21 2016 4:17 pm.
The Airlander 10 is the world’s largest aircraft and is capable of staying in the air for up to two weeks. Here it is on its maiden flight. The world’s largest aircraft, the Airlander 10, compared by some to a giant pair of buttocks, took off on its maiden flight from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire. […]
Posted in Air Travel
Published Thursday August 11 2016 4:18 pm.
The Main Street Electrical Parade at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom The last performance for the Main Street Electrical Parade at Walt Disney World will be October 9, 2016. The Main Street Electrical Parade will move to Disneyland and begin performance there early 2017. The Electrical Parade made its debut at Disneyland in 1972. Versions […]
Published Sunday March 13 2016 10:05 pm.
Southwest Airlines cancelled all inbound and outbound flights from Chicago’s Midway Airport due to low visibility weather at Midway International Airport. The cancellations began at 7 p.m. Sunday and will remain until 9 a.m. Monday, according to Southwest Airlines. There was no mention of the cancellations on the official Twitter account or Facebook page for […]
Posted in Air Travel
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