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On This Day In 1994: Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 Plunged Into The Atlas Mountains – Investigators Said The Pilot Deliberately Disconnected The Autopilot
On August 21, 1994, Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 departed Agadir-Al Massira Airport in Morocco for a routine domestic flight to Casablanca. The aircraft was an ATR 42-312, registration CN-CDT, a relatively young turboprop that had first flown in January 1989 and had been delivered to Royal Air Maroc that March. On board were 40…
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Alaska Airlines Goes Global As Flight Attendants Warn Of Staffing Shortages, Heavier Workloads And Growing Pressure On Crews
Alaska Airlines is going global — but its flight attendants say there may not be enough crew to handle the expansion. As Alaska Airlines expands its international network and adds longer-haul routes from Seattle, flight attendants are raising concerns about staffing levels and growing workloads. The airline’s move toward a more global operation means longer…
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On This Day In 1995: Flight 529 Crashed After A Propeller Blade Failed At 18,100 Feet – 8 People Died; Fatigue And Corrosion Were Blamed
On August 21, 1995, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 departed Atlanta, Georgia, for Gulfport, Mississippi, carrying 26 passengers and three crew members aboard an Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia, registration N256AS. What began as a routine regional flight turned into a desperate emergency when a propeller blade broke apart at 18,100 feet, leaving the aircraft struggling to…
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Charter Cessna 441 Crashes At Remote Alaska Radar Site, Killing 8 Aboard During Flight To Cape Newenham
Charter Cessna 441 Crash at Remote Alaska Radar Site Kills All 8 Aboard. A charter aircraft crashed Thursday at the remote Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport in western Alaska, killing all eight people aboard. The Cessna 441 had departed Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and was flying to Cape Newenham when it crashed…
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NTSB Reveals Somatogravic Illusion And Pitch-Trim Clues In Fatal Philadelphia Learjet Crash That Killed Eight People
Philly Learjet Crash: NTSB Docket Reveals Possible Role of Spatial Disorientation and Pitch Trim The NTSB has released its docket information on the January 31, 2025 crash of a medevac Learjet 55 in Philadelphia, providing new details about the final seconds of the flight. Eight people ultimately died in the accident — six aboard the…
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On This Day In 2011: First Air Flight 6560 Crashed 1 Mile From The Runway, Killing 12 After An Unstable Approach And Missed Warnings Led To Disaster
On August 20, 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a Boeing 737-210C operating a charter flight from Yellowknife to Resolute Bay in Canada’s Nunavut territory, was approaching its destination when a series of small errors and missed warnings turned an otherwise routine landing into a fatal controlled flight into terrain. The aircraft, registration C-GNWN, carried 15…
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Virgin Australia Apologises After Disability Advocate Removed From Flight Over Wheelchair Motor Storage Dispute, Viral Video Draws 16 Million Views
Virgin Australia has apologised to disability advocate Shane Hryhorec after he was removed from a flight over the storage of his wheelchair’s SmartDrive motor. Hryhorec, who lives with C5 incomplete quadriplegia, uses a wheelchair with a power-assist device. He said he had flown three times with Virgin Australia the previous week, with the motor stored…
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Georgia Man Charged For Robbing NASCAR Legend Greg Biffle’s Home After Family Died In Fatal Plane Crash Weeks Earlier
Man accused of robbing NASCAR legend Greg Biffle’s home after learning he and his family died in plane crash A Georgia man has been charged with a dozen felonies after investigators say he burglarized the North Carolina home of NASCAR legend Greg Biffle weeks after Biffle, his wife and their two children were killed in…
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Victims Identified – Five Americans, Ecuador Intelligence Chief And Wife Among Seven Killed In Kenya Tourist Helicopter Crash
Five Americans and Ecuador’s intelligence chief were among seven people killed when a tourist helicopter crashed in central Kenya on Wednesday. The helicopter, carrying guests on a charter flight operated for luxury tour company &Beyond, was travelling from the Loisaba wildlife conservancy toward the Ewaso Ngiro river area when it crashed around 9:13 a.m. near…
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Alaska Airlines Adds Nonstop Seattle-Athens And Seattle-Paris Flights In 2027, Expanding Global Network With Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners And Seven Europe-Asia Routes
Alaska Airlines is expanding Seattle’s global reach with two exciting new nonstop routes to Athens and Paris, strengthening its position as Seattle’s largest international carrier. Starting May 12, 2027, Alaska will launch seasonal nonstop service between Seattle and Athens, Greece, operating three times a week on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The route will be Alaska’s longest-ever…
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