Australian pilots have shared concerns air safety measures have been “significantly eroded” after two Qantas planes nearly flew too close together as a result of miscommunication. Procedures were overhauled at Sydney Airport after the “close proximity event” between the two 737s at Sydney Airport on April 29, 2023. Australian TransportContinue Reading
The family of the four people killed in a horror plane crash have spoken for the first time since the disaster. Peter Nally, 65, and his three grandchildren – Raphael, 11, Evita, nine, and Philomena, six – died after the light plane Peter was flying crashed near Canberra at aboutContinue Reading
The family of the four people killed in a horror plane crash have spoken for the first time since the disaster. Peter Nally, 65, and his three grandchildren – Raphael, 11, Evita, nine, and Philomena, six – died after the light plane Peter was flying crashed near Canberra at aboutContinue Reading
Grim pictures have captured the aftermath of a doomed flight piloted by a grandfather who died alongside his three kids when their plane crashed near Canberra. The 65 year old man, who was an experienced pilot, took off aboard the four-seater Cirrus SR22 from Canberra Airport on Friday afternoon. WithinContinue Reading
Chilling audio has captured the final words from a pilot of a light aircraft that crashed near Canberra and the desperate attempts of air traffic controllers to reach him. The four-seat Cirrus SR22 took off from Canberra Airport at 2.40pm heading for Armidale in regional New South Wales and crashedContinue Reading
Airports have laid out beds for stranded passengers after the air traffic boss refused to reveal the cause of the glitch that caused travel chaos. Thousands of holidaymakers were hit by massive delays after a “technical issue” grounded flights heading to and from the UK on Monday, The Sun reports.Continue Reading
In the early hours of March 8, 2014, Zaharie Ahmad Shah piloted Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 into air just before 12.45am local time. Everything was routine on the Boeing 777 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China, as the plane readied to leave Malaysian airspace and fly towards Vietnam across theContinue Reading
It’s a flight that is fully and completely operated by just women. In celebration of International Women’s Day, Virgin Australia dispatched flight VA313 that was handled by an all-women team. It departed Melbourne at 8.10am and arrived at Brisbane Airport around 9.20am local time, entering the history books when itContinue Reading
A FedEx cargo plane coming in to land at a Texas airport came within metres of colliding with a passenger jet taking off from the same runway on Saturday. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it was “investigating a surface event at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Saturday, a possible runwayContinue Reading
A Hawaiian Airlines flight was hit by horrifying turbulence that left 36 people injured. Shaken-up passengers aboard the flight from Phoenix to Honolulu have described how the terrifying trip felt like a “rollercoaster.” Officials said 20 people — among them a 14-month-old baby — were hospitalised with injuries ranging fromContinue Reading