ˈairplanenoun (American) an aeroplane.avión ˈairportnoun a place where passenger aircraft arrive and depart, with buildings for customs, waiting-roomsetc.aeropuerto ˈair-pumpnoun a pump for forcing air in or out of something.bomba de aire ...
Kirby said the airline is reviewing each recent incident and will use what it learns to “inform” safety training and procedures. He did not give any details beyond measures that he said were already being planned, such as the extra day of training for pilots. Some of the recent incidents ...
Flight attendants need to protect themselves from unruly passengers any way they can and in a recent incident on an American Airlines flight that meant clobbering a passenger with a coffee pot. A 6-foot-3, 50-year-old passenger had beenacting erratically from the start of a flight from Los ...
“Travellers may be victims of violent crime, including in resorts,” reads DFAT’s mostrecent adviceas of October 26. “Be aware of your surroundings and keep valuables out of sight. Armed robberies, burglaries, bag snatchings, theft, fraud and sexual assaults are the most common crimes co...
An aircraft aileron is a movable surface located on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, which controls the roll of the aircraft around its longitudinal axis. The ailerons are designed to work in pairs, with one aileron moving upward while the other moves downward, to create a difference ...
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun called a companywide webcast to talk about the incident with employees and senior leadership for Tuesday. “When serious accidents like this occur, it is critical for us to work transparently with our customers and regulators to understand and address the cau...
RECENT NEWS ON ‘UNIDENTIFIED AEROSPACE PHENOMENA’ Notes / Dr. Garry Nolan, UFO technology, if real, could “reinvigorate US military or even scientific research” Varieties & Trajectories of Contemporary UAP Studies: Reflections on the most recent Society for UAP Studies’ Annual Conference ...
“If you are afraid to take the airplane far from land, what is the reason for that? That has to be answered by Alaska Airlines,” said Steven Wallace, an air-safety consultant and commercial pilot who once headed accident investigations for the Federal Aviation ...
When Howard Hughes took his last breath it was 1:27 on the morning of April 5, 1976, and he was in an airplane over northern Mexico on his way to a Texas hospital. Decades earlier he'd built the planet's largest seaplane and aviated the circumference of the world in a record-setting...
The airplane brushed a tree and descended into the ground nose down and in a turn. The pilot received minor injuries and the passenger was not injured. Read the pilot’s FAA Incident Report here. See Kathryn’s Report here.The KipAero Sopwith Strutter – Why This is a Great-War Game ...