A Southwest first officer along with an off-duty pilot returned an aircraft to Las Vegas after the flight’s captain became incapacitated. This incident took place on Thursday the 22nd of March. It involved flight WN-6013, an early morning service that Southwest...
The FAA is proposing that cockpit voice recorders (CVRs) should record a minimum of 25 hours, to help with investigations of close calls. This past week, the FAA held a “safety summit”, in an effort to understand the circumstances around a number of incidents that...
The flight crew of a JetBlue aircraft had to perform a go-around in Boston because of a departing Learjet. There were no injuries in either aircraft. This incident happened on Monday the 27th of February. It involved flight B6-206, which JetBlue is performing six...
A power outage closed a terminal at New York’s JFK, causing severe disruptions and raising yet more questions about aviation infrastructure. This issue affected Terminal 1 at JFK, which serves a number of international airlines. The terminal’s traffic accounts for...
A number of worrying recent incidents have given rise to concerns about aviation safety, including from US Senators who demand action. Thanks to social media and technology in general, people are much more aware of bigger and smaller aviation incidents than they used...
A United Airlines Boeing 777 entered a dive from 2,200 feet after takeoff, coming within 800 feet of the ocean, off the coast of Hawaii. This incident happened back on Monday the 18th of December last year. It came to light thanks to research by The Air Current, which...
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