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"Hit me so many times": New footage from flydubai flight shows bloodied Capt Machchhar whose heroics saved 180 livesCaptain Smit Machchhar was attacked by his co-pilot during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. After being stabbed, he managed to unlock the c...
Aviation security measures under new scrutiny after in-flight attack on FlyDubai pilotThe alleged stabbing of captain by his co-pilot on a FlyDubai flight bound for Tel Aviv has exposed potential gaps in crew screening, cockp...
Netanyahu honours Flydubai passengers who subdued co-pilot, says they will light Independence Day torchIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu honored passengers who intervened during the flydubai flight incident in a meeting. Passengers re...
Attacker's identity and motive remain unknown after FlyDubai flight to Israel escapes disasterAn Omani copilot attacked his captain on a FlyDubai flight from UAE to Israel. This incident led to the plane making a dangerous emergency ...
Midair miracles: Passengers hail Captain Smit Machchhar and Israeli heroes who thwarted attack on flydubai flightAn Indian flydubai pilot, Captain Smit Machchhar, was seriously stabbed by his copilot in an attempted plane crash. Despite his injuries, h...
9/11-style attack averted? Flydubai's Tel Aviv-bound flight plunges 17000 feet in 2 minutes as one pilot stabs another during alleged hijacking attemptAn Israel-bound Flydubai flight experienced a serious incident involving a fight between the pilots, prompting an emergency diversion to Sa...
In the 1960s, Donald Bateman built a cockpit warning system after aircraft kept crashing into terrain; by 1973, the FAA was requiring the technologyC. Donald Bateman invented the Ground Proximity Warning System in the 1960s to prevent controlled flight into terrain accidents. This syste...
Second black box recovered from Air India plane crash siteAuthorities have located the second black box from the Air India Flight AI-171 crash site in Ahmedabad, a devastating incident that killed ...
FAA plans to review 737 MAX engine issue after bird strike incidentsThe FAA will soon review the safety of Boeing 737 MAX engines. This follows two incidents where bird strikes caused smoke in the cockpit of...
A Southwest Airlines plane that did a 'Dutch roll' suffered structural damage, investigators sayA Boeing 737 Max suffered structural damage during a Southwest Airlines flight due to a Dutch roll. The NTSB disclosed the incident on May ...
No data captured on Alaska Airlines 737 cockpit voice recorder: NTSB chairNTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were sent to NTSB labs on Sunday to be read, but no da...
Alaska Airlines flight diverts after jump seat passenger attempts to disable enginesAn Alaska Airlines flight was diverted to Portland, Oregon, after a jump seat passenger tried to disable the aircraft engines. The Federal ...
IndiGo's Mumbai-Kolkata flight returns due to defect in engineConfirming the incident that the aircraft returned due to a technical glitch (oil chip in one engine) in the aircraft, IndiGo said that the...
Boeing: Probing windshield cracks on Air India Dreamliners"Air India went through that problem three years ago and we changed the model of the windshield. We are now studying the windows in the sho...
DGCA: Ensure 2 conscious persons in cockpit alwaysAt present it is mandatory that a cabin crew member be inside the cockpit when one of the two pilots go outside for any reason.
Two airliners fly within 100 feet of drone above New YorkUnmanned aircraft systems are not supposed to fly within eight km of an airport without notifying the airport operator and control tower.
- Dubai flight was just 2 minutes from crashing into sea
Initial investigations have revealed that the May 26 Air India Express Dubai-Pune flight IX-212 was less than two minutes away from plungin...