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Air Canada Flight AC1730 Passenger Hands Crew Handwritten Asylum Note Mid-Flight From Phoenix to Montreal, Prompting Border Officials to Meet Aircraft After Landing
A handwritten note handed to flight attendants turned an ordinary Air Canada flight into an unusual international incident. Air Canada Flight AC1730 was flying from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Montreal-Trudeau International Airport on September 20 when a female U.S. citizen seated near the front of the aircraft reportedly began displaying unusual behavior. According…
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On This Day In 1993: Three Airliners Were Attacked Over Four Days at Sukhumi Airport, Georgia – Killing 136 People in a Brutal Missile and Rocket Assault
On September 21, 1993, a Transair Georgia Tupolev Tu-134A-3 was approaching Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport after a flight from Sochi, carrying 22 passengers and five crew members. At about 16:25, while the aircraft was only around 980 feet above the ground, it was struck by a surface-to-air missile. The missile was reportedly fired from an Abkhaz vessel…
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United 2127 Aborts Landing After Landing Gear Warning – Newark Tower Spots All Three Gear Down And Assists Crew During The Final Approach
United Airlines Flight 2127, a Boeing 757-224 operating from Los Angeles to New York/Newark on September 18, 2026, faced a little tense moment during its approach to Newark. As the crew prepared to land, the cockpit indications showed a landing-gear disagreement. The pilots immediately went around, climbing to 5,000 feet while they worked through the…
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California Flight Attendants Revolt as FAA Seeks to Override State Meal-Break Laws, Triggering Union Fury and Federal Court Battle
CALIFORNIA FLIGHT ATTENDANTS FIGHT BACK: Could Their 30-Minute Meal Breaks Be Taken Away? A major battle is unfolding between California flight attendants, their unions and the FAA — and it could change when airline crews are legally allowed to take meal breaks. The FAA is proposing to prevent states from enforcing certain meal-break requirements on…
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Swiss Alps Plane Crash Kills 3 Including British Millionaire Businessman Owain Davies After Cirrus SR22T Strikes Mountain Slope Near Leukerbad
Millionaire Welsh businessman among 3 killed in Swiss Alps plane crash A British millionaire businessman was among three people killed when a Cirrus SR22T crashed into a mountain slope near Leukerbad in Switzerland on September 15. The aircraft had departed Lugano and stopped at Sion before continuing toward Buochs in central Switzerland. At around 4…
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On This Day In 1969, A C-54 And F-4 Collided At Just 300 Feet Near Da Nang Air Base, Killing 77 People After A Fatal Runway Clearance Misunderstanding
On September 20, 1969, one of the deadliest aviation accidents of the Vietnam War era unfolded near Da Nang Air Base when an Air Vietnam Douglas C-54 Skymaster collided with a U.S. Air Force F-4E Phantom II during the approach to the busy military and civilian airfield. The Air Vietnam aircraft, registration XV-NUG, was operating…
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On This Day In 1989: US Air Flight 5050 Veered Off LaGuardia’s Wet Runway, Crashed Into Bowery Bay and Killed Two Passengers in Seconds
On September 20, 1989, USAir Flight 5050 was preparing to fly from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina. The Boeing 737-400, registered N416US, was carrying 57 passengers and six crew members. It was operating as a replacement for a canceled scheduled flight. The accident unfolded within seconds of the takeoff roll. Flight 5050…
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On This Day In 1989, UTA Flight 772 vanished over the Sahara after a suitcase bomb tore apart a DC-10 at 35,000 feet, killing 170
On September 19, 1989, UTA Flight 772 was operating from Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo to Paris, with a scheduled stop at N’Djamena, Chad. The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, registration N54629, carrying 156 passengers and 14 crew members. After completing its stop at N’Djamena, the aircraft departed at about 13:13 local…
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FAA Clears Trump Arch Near Reagan National Airport, Says 260-Foot Structure Will Not Hazard Flights But Requires Special Lighting For Pilot Visibility
The Federal Aviation Administration has determined that President Donald Trump’s planned triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial will not pose a substantial hazard to aircraft operating at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). The planned structure, which is expected to stand about 260 feet tall, will be located close to one…
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After 6.5 Years in Storage, Etihad’s Last Airbus A380 A6-APB Finally Flies Home From France to Abu Dhabi for Reactivation
Etihad Airways’ Airbus A380 A6-APB has finally left long-term storage in France, ending an extraordinary 6.5-year wait to return to the airline’s home base in Abu Dhabi. The superjumbo departed Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport in southwest France, a location that has become synonymous with long-term A380 storage. A6-APB had been parked there since December 2020 after initially…
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