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Aeroflot Flight 5463 Was Flying Safely Toward Alma-Ata-Then a Wrong Turn, a Deadly 600-Metre Descent and a Final Warning With Just 23 Seconds to React Sent the Tu-134 Straight Into a Mountain
On This Day In 1983: Aeroflot Flight 5463 Flew Toward a Mountain — and the Crew Had Just 23 Seconds to Escape On 30 August 1983, Aeroflot Flight 5463 was approaching Alma-Ata, the present-day Almaty in Kazakhstan, when a chain of navigation mistakes, unsafe air traffic control instructions and failures in cockpit decision-making placed the…
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Wife Sues Singapore Airlines After Husband Died and She Suffered Severe Back Injuries During 6,000ft Turbulence Drop on Flight to Singapore
A 74-year-old British widow has launched legal action against Singapore Airlines more than two years after her husband died following severe turbulence on a flight from London to Singapore. Linda Kitchen and her husband Geoff, 73, were about 10 hours into their journey in May 2024 when the aircraft encountered extreme turbulence over Myanmar and…
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Airlink’s Two Specially Branded Embraer Jets Appear Shockingly Close to DHL Stadium During Dramatic Flyover Before Springboksvs All Blacks Clash in Cape Town
Airlink Jets Appear Shockingly Close to DHL Stadium During Springboks vs All Blacks Flyover Two Airlink passenger jets gave rugby fans an unexpected spectacle before the Springboks faced the All Blacks at Cape Town’s DHL Stadium on August 29. The specially branded Embraer E-Jets, identified as ZS-YAE and ZS-YDE, swept over the packed stadium shortly…
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NTSB Reveals New Details in Fatal Oklahoma Plane Crash: Aircraft Entered Nose-Low Turn Shortly After Takeoff, No Pre-Impact Flight-Control Failure Found
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary report into the August 2 crash of a Beech E18S near Guymon, Oklahoma, which killed the pilot. According to the report, the aircraft had just departed Guymon Municipal Airport at about 4:06 p.m. after taking on 211.7 gallons of fuel and adding oil to both…
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ICE Sends 57 Haitians Back in Second Deportation Flight in a Week – U.S .-Born 3-Year-Old Among Those Aboard
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent a second deportation flight to Haiti in just one week Thursday, returning 57 Haitians to the country — including several children born in the United States and Brazil. The ICE Air charter flight landed shortly after 11:30 a.m. in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, where international flights have increasingly been routed…
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On This Day In 1960: Air France Flight 343 Crashed Into the Atlantic Off Dakar Duringa Rainstorm, Killing All 63 Aboard – The Exact Cause Was Never Determined.
On 29 August 1960, Air France Flight 343 was approaching Dakar, Senegal, on a routine international flight from Paris to Abidjan. The Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation, registration F-BHBC, carried 55 passengers and eight crew members. Within minutes, the aircraft would disappear into the Atlantic Ocean, killing everyone aboard. What made the tragedy particularly haunting was…
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Two More Victims, Joseph Palmer and Tom Fisher, Identified After Cape Newenham Tragedy As Alaska Plane Crash Kills 8
Two More Victims Identified in Fatal Southwest Alaska Plane Crash Two more victims of the deadly Security Aviation charter plane crash in Southwest Alaska have been identified. The aircraft crashed near a military radar site on Cape Newenham on August 20, killing all eight people aboard. The latest victims were Joseph “Joe” Palmer and Tom…
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Southwest Flight Attendant Jenny Lupton’s Final Text Revealed After Her Death During Hawaii Layover
Southwest Airlines flight attendant Jenny Lupton, 50, was found dead at a Waikiki hotel on August 20 after an apparent fall from the 24th floor during a layover in Hawaii. Now, her family has revealed what they say was her final text message — and it paints a picture of a woman who appeared happy…
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On This Day In 1996: The 3.7-Km Navigation Error That Sent a Tu-154 Into a Mountain, Killing All 141 Aboard
On 29 August 1996, Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 was approaching Svalbard Airport in the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard when a series of seemingly small navigation errors placed the aircraft directly on a collision course with a mountain. The Tupolev Tu-154M, carrying 130 passengers and 11 crew members, crashed into Operafjellet during its final approach.…
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Passenger Caught Smoking in Singapore Airlines Lavatory – Authorities Boarded Flight After Landing in Shanghai
A passenger aboard a Singapore Airlines flight from Singapore to Shanghai was taken away by local authorities for questioning after allegedly smoking in the aircraft’s lavatory. The incident happened on Singapore Airlines flight SQ836 on Friday, August 21, shortly before the aircraft landed at Shanghai Pudong Airport. According to Singapore Airlines, the airline was aware…
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