air travel

Air India Flight to New Delhi Turns Back to O’Hare with Clogged Toilets After Passing Greenland

Mon Mar 10, 2025 10:45 pm Cardinal News

Initially reported as a “technical issue” … the truth was flushed out after social media posts described the lavatory issues (Mint is an Indian business and financial daily newspaper published by HT Media, a Delhi-based […]

Two HD Cams at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport; Day and Night

Sat Jul 14, 2018 08:55 pm Cardinal News

YouTube What You Haven’t Seen: 90 minutes of tower cam action condensed into one minute eighteen seconds of watch-time Time-lapsed camera emphasizes how just how busy O’Hare International Airport can be — day or night. […]

Passenger-Shaming Facebook Page Documents Bad Behavior on Airliners

Wed Sep 17, 2014 09:37 pm Cardinal News

Shame on the plane! Photos of passengers behaving badly. Jeanne Moos reports on bare bellies and bare feet at 30,000 feet. It’s not surprising, but passengers flying today have come a long way from the […]

American Airlines: “We Know Why You Fly” But We Don’t Know Why Our Seats Don’t Stay Fastened to the Floor

Mon Oct 1, 2012 11:21 pm Cardinal News

American Airlines Flight 685 (Boeing 757 equipment) from Boston was diverted to JFK Saturday after a row of three seats became loose in the coach cabin. Three passengers were moved to other seats on the […]

Metra Conductor Berates Passenger for Hearing Impairment?

Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:59 pm Cardinal News

Where’s the Customer Service? The steely, intense gaze of a Metra conductor that berated a customer for having a hearing impairment. Find Out Why Customer Service Might Be the Least of Metra’s Concerns Witnesses reported […]

Favorite Commercial: British Airways “To Fly. To Serve” Television Ad

Fri Dec 16, 2011 08:43 am Cardinal News

Remarkable television commercial from British Airways showing progress of air travel and aviation history from biplanes to modern jet aircraft. British Airways Television Ad Transcript Those first young men, the pioneers, the aviators building super […]

New Air Traffic Control System at Crossroads

Tue Jul 5, 2011 10:33 pm Cards News

The FAA is creating a new air traffic system that officials say will be as revolutionary for civil aviation as was the advent of radar decades ago. But the program is at a crossroads. Traffic […]

Air France Begins A380 Service from Washington’s Dulles International Airport to Paris-Charles de Gaulle

Mon Jun 6, 2011 06:51 pm Cardinal News

Air France begins service to Washington’s Dulles International Airport using the Airbus A380, the largest passenger jet in the skies. The plane seats more than 500 passengers and will fly to Paris. Beginning June 6, […]

Grab, Click, Pull With Richard Simmons on Air New Zealand Mile-High Madness Safety Video

Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:35 am Cardinal News

Let Richard Simmons get you fit to fly. Lose the baggage, fasten your safety belt, take a breather and let’s GO! Check out Air New Zealand’s Channel http://www.youtube.com/airnewzealand for more fun from this high-energy. Stretch […]

Air Traffic Controller Errors at O’Hare Have Risen Recently, But Changes in Error Reporting Requirements May Be a Factor

Wed Mar 2, 2011 07:33 am Cardinal News

Errors committed by the air traffic controllers at O’Hare International Airport showed an increase from six in a next-to-last year period compared to 17 in the most recent one-year period (five errors in 2009 compared […]

Virgin America Airline Service at O’Hare? Announcement Expected Today

Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:10 am Cardinal News

An announcement that Virgin America airline service out of O’Hare is set to begin is expected at Chicago’s City Hall by Mayor Richard Daley and Virgin America CEO David Cush. Last August Bloomberg reported that […]

Virgin America Flights Out of O’Hare Uncertain Next Year

Wed Aug 11, 2010 06:00 am Cardinal News

Virgin Atlantic Airways A340-300 takeoff from O’Hare — not the same airline as Virgin America. Virgin America recently claimed it was negotiating with the city of Chicago for an “economically viable” deal at O’Hare, but […]

VIDEO: Sparks Fly As Qantas A380 Superjumbo Damages Tires on Landing

Thu Apr 1, 2010 01:57 pm Cardinal News

Video from cockpit camera that was fed to all passengers and amateur video from passenger in the cabin of a Qantas A380 superjumbo jet that shows sparks flying from wheel where tires were damaged upon […]

World Air Traffic Simulator from Zurich: A Day in the Life of Air Traffic

Sun Feb 21, 2010 07:16 pm Cardinal News

The Zurich University of Applied Sciences School of Engineering Airtraffic team presents the global air traffic (simulation over 24 hours). The Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW, German: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften), located in […]

Forget the Segway: Get to Work in this Puffin Pesonal Air Vehicle (PAV) from NASA

Fri Jan 22, 2010 08:31 am Cardinal News

Video animation for conceptual design of a Personal Air Vehicle [NO AUDIO]. Conceptual design focusing on the ability of a redundant electric propulsion system to provide new capabilities for Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft. Specifically […]

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