Tag: airline safety
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Munich-Bound Lufthansa Flight From SFO Diverted To Logan After Woman Allegedly Attacks Other Passenger
A Lufthansa flight from San Francisco to Munich was diverted to Boston Thursday due to an “unruly passenger,” An women allegedly attacked another passenger aboard. Lufthansa Flight 459 diverted to Boston Logan International Airport after a passenger allegedly attacked another passenger and had to be handcuffed to their seat, NBC Boston reported, citing Massachusetts State…
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Overhead Bins Could Be Hard Locked During Flights In Near Future If Passengers Continue To Disregard Evacuation Rules
A new study revealed four in 10 passengers would not leave their baggage behind in the event of an emergency evacuation. A concerning trend of passengers retrieving baggage instead of evacuating aircraft in an emergency is concerning the aviation industry. A new campaign from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), entitled “Save a Life, Not…
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Real-Life ‘Snakes On A Plane’: Venomous Snake Encountered Onboard TUI’s Mexico-UK Flight – Before Disappearing Again In Cabin
Much like the movie ‘Snakes on a Plane,’ a similar incident left the Mexico-UK flight passengers creeped out as a venomous snake was on the loose that left the airline staff of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner completely shocked. A real-life version of ‘Snakes on a Plane’ unfolded on a recent Tui flight from Mexico to…
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Ex-Pilot Geoffrey Wall Is Accused Of ‘Using Fake Licence’ To Fly Tens Of Thousands Of Passengers On 900 Flights For 17 Years
A FORMER pilot has been accused of flying thousands of passengers on flights without a proper licence over the past 17 years. Ex-Air Canada pilot Geoffrey Wall, 59, from Ontario, forged credentials since 2009 after he was promoted to Captain. The flight company insist that passenger safety was never at risk, since all pilots undergo…
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“8 Hours Flight To Nowhere” Air India Delhi-San Francisco Flight Returns With 230 Passengers Onboard After Being 8 Hrs In Air
An Air India flight to San Francisco, carrying 230 passengers, returned to Delhi after being airborne for over eight hours. The plane, the airline said, returned due to a technical snag. The aircraft landed safely, the airline said. “Flight AI173 from Delhi to San Francisco on 27 May has returned to Delhi due to a…
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Shanghai-Bound Delta Flight Forced To Divert To Seattle Over Disruptive Passenger – Stranding Travelers Overnight
A disruptive passenger forced a China-bound Delta Air Lines flight to divert to Washington state on Sunday, according to reports. Delta flight 39 was en route from Los Angeles to Shanghai when crew members had to warn a passenger multiple times to comply with flight instructions. The crew ultimately diverted the large aircraft carrying 271…
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“There May Be More Emergency Exit Doors Than Flight Attendants” Sens. Duckworth, Baldwin Call On FAA To Study Impact Of Reduced Flight Attendant Staffing
A pair of Senate Democrats is demanding answers from FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford on airplane evacuation testing that’s nearly two years overdue and his agency’s decision to allow airlines to be able to reduce the number of flight attendants on some long-haul widebody flights. They say their concern is that there may be more emergency…
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A Malaysia Airlines Flight Burst A Tyre After Aborting Take-Off At Hong Kong International Airport; Injuries Reported
A Malaysia Airlines flight burst a tyre on Monday after aborting take-off at Hong Kong International Airport due to “technical issues,” but no injuries were reported. The Airport Authority (AA) said the tyre burst occurred at around 9.18am on Monday. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH79, bound for Kuala Lumpur, aborted taking off from the airport’s South…
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DIA Won’t Stay Out Of The News, And Neither Will Frontier – An Ammunition Magazine Was Found On A Phoenix-Bound Frontier Flight At DIA
Passengers on a Frontier Airlines flight at Denver International Airport were deplaned after a gun magazine was found on the plane Sunday night, just days after another Frontier flight in Denver hit and killed a person. Frontier flight 4765 was scheduled to fly out of Denver to Phoenix Sunday night and preparing for departure when…
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