The Ukrainian helicopter, returning from a mission firing rockets at Russian troops, swooped in low over a forest of birch trees and touched down in a clearing in a cloud of dust. The door opened, and the pilot emerged, blinking…
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Pilots Discussed Alternate Ways to Land Before Deadly Jeju Air Crash
The pilots of Jeju Air Flight 2216 signaled three different plans for landing the stricken plane in the minutes before it crashed and killed 179 people in December, according to a partial transcript of their communication with air traffic controllers…
John “Paddy” Hemingway, Last Surviving Pilot of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105
Addressing the British House of Commons in August 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the pilots of the Royal Air Force who were staving off an impending German invasion of the British Isles in what would be known…
A Woman Died Midflight. They Had to Sit Next to Her Body.
An Australian couple’s dream trip to Venice turned into a nightmare when flight attendants asked them to stay seated next to a dead body for the final four hours of a 14-hour flight from Melbourne, Australia, to Doha, Qatar. What…