Category: Aviation
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He Does It Again! Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan Has Once Again Traded The Boardroom For The Cabin Aisle
After previously stepping into a cabin crew role in February, Jordan was spotted on a recent flight to Dallas serving snacks, collecting trash, and interacting with passengers alongside the flight attendants. It’s not just a photo opportunity—Jordan has repeatedly said he likes to help crews during flights, even serving snacks, picking up trash, and chatting…
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Flight Instructor Sentenced To 78 Months In Prison After Using Expired Certificate In 2022 Crash That Killed Student Pilot
An aviation training instructor whose training certificate had expired was sentenced to federal prison for a 2022 plane crash in Allentown that killed a student-pilot, Keith B. Kozel, who formerly lived in the Back Mountain. Philip McPherson II, 37, of Riverside, was sentenced by Eastern U.S. District Judge John M. Gallagher to 78 months in…
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Piper PA-32-300 Pilot Climbed To 14,700 Feet, Attempted To Turn Back, Then Entered A Fatal Descending Spiral: NTSB Report
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report into a fatal plane crash of Piper PA-32-300 near Empire on May 17, providing new details about the aircraft’s final minutes before it disappeared from radar. According to the National Transportation Safety Board in an online post, the report outlines the flight path, weather conditions,…
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Hawaiian Airlines Unveils First Of Moana Three Live-Action ‘Moana’ Aircraft Liveries On Airbus A321neo
Hawaiian Airlines unveiled Thursday the first of three aircraft liveries to celebrate Disney’s live-action “Moana,” set to arrive in theaters July 10. The first design is featured on an Airbus A321neo (N227HA), an aircraft that connects Hawaiʻi to the U.S. West Coast and the Cook Islands. Hawaiian said the remaining two designs will appear in…
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Today In 1996: The DC-10 That Lost An Engine After Liftoff – A Split-Second Decision Turned A Survivable Failure Into A Deadly Crash
On 13 June 1996, Garuda Indonesia Flight 865, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 named Kalimantan, prepared for departure from Fukuoka Airport in Japan on a scheduled international service to Jakarta, Indonesia, with a stop in Bali. On board were 275 people, including 260 passengers and 15 crew members. What began as a routine departure would become…
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India Mourns Its Fallen Heroes: AN-32 Military Transport Aircraft Crash In Assam Kills 5 IAF Personnel
A routine training sortie turned into a heartbreaking tragedy when an Indian Air Force AN-32 transport aircraft crashed while attempting to land at the Air Force Station in Jorhat, Assam, India on Saturday morning. The aircraft was on a routine mission when it met with the accident, leading to the loss of five brave air…
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Trump Plans To Take Inaugural Flight Of The New Air Force One, Gifted To Him From Qatar, To Mount Rushmore In South Dakota
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering taking the inaugural journey aboard the new Air Force One, a Boeing 747-8 luxury jet valued at approximately $400 million and gifted by the State of Qatar, during his planned July 3 visit to Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, as part of celebrations marking America’s 250th anniversary. The aircraft has…
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Bee Swarm Delays Delta 737 In Cancun, But The Tiny Stowaways Were Blown Away Once The Jet Gained Speed
Unexpected passengers on board… well, almost! A Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 experienced a bizarre delay in Cancun on Thursday after a massive swarm of bees chose the aircraft’s wing as their temporary resting spot before departure. Ground crews worked to safely clear the wing, allowing the flight to finally take off. The good news?…
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Business Jet Lands On Under-Construction Road In Nigeria – Takes Off Again Successfully In A Risky Move, Investigation Underway
A Bombardier Challenger 601 business jet made an unusual landing on a road still under construction near Asaba, Nigeria, after a failed approach to Asaba International Airport on Wednesday morning. According to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the aircraft initiated a missed approach at approximately 7:43 a.m. local time before it was reported to…
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Today In 2025: The 32 Seconds That Changed Fate Of 260 Lives – How Air India Flight 171 Became The First Fatal Boeing 787 Crash
On 12 June 2025, the world witnessed one of the most shocking aviation disasters of the modern era when Air India Flight AI171 crashed just 32 seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad, India. The tragedy was particularly historic because it marked the first fatal accident and total loss of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner since the…
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