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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Pilot's Gun Fires on US Airways Flight
By FlyingNews @ 8:37 AM :: 97 Views :: 0 Comments :: Commercial Airlines, Weird Flying News

A gun belonging to the pilot of a US Airways plane discharged as the aircraft was on approach to land in North Carolina over the weekend, the first time a weapon issued under a federal program to arm pilots was fired, authorities said Monday.

The "accidental discharge" Saturday aboard Flight 1536 from Denver to Charlotte did not pose a danger to the aircraft or the 124 passengers, two pilots and three flight attendants aboard, said Greg Alter of the Federal Air Marshal Service.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

KLM pilot unaware of new airport
By FlyingNews @ 8:35 AM :: 75 Views :: 0 Comments :: Weird Flying News

Mumbai - A KLM flight en route from Amsterdam to Hyderabad in India circled the country for several hours before flying on to New Delhi due to confusion about Hyderabad's new airport. The pilot had set course for the city's old airport but air traffic control told him the facility had been shut and directed him to fly to the new airport.

The pilot did not know the new airport existed let alone had been opened and flew to New Delhi instead. Air traffic control refused permission to land and the pilot eventually managed to put the plane, with 243 passengers on board, down in Mumbai.

Indian papers are reporting that Amsterdam had not been informed of the closure of Hyderabad's old airport and the opening of the new one.

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Monday, April 09, 2007

Flight canceled after pilot's foul language
By FlyingNews @ 4:17 PM :: 150 Views :: 0 Comments :: Commercial Airlines, Weird Flying News

Northwest Airlines canceled a flight set to leave from Las Vegas to Detroit after the captain cursed on a cell phone in a bathroom, then swore at one of the 180 passengers on the plane, officials said on Saturday.

"He used what was described to me as rude language," Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said about Friday's incident on Northwest Flight 1190.

"At some point during the boarding process, he left the cockpit, went into the front lavatory, locked the door and continued his conversation.

Monday, April 02, 2007

Ashes of astronaut, actor ready for liftoff
By FlyingNews @ 10:32 AM :: 138 Views :: 0 Comments :: Aerospace, Weird Flying News

The ashes of Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper and actor James Doohan, who gained fame as chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the original "Star Trek" series, have been loaded into a rocket that's set to launch from the site of New Mexico's planned spaceport.

Cooper and Doohan are joining 200 others whose families paid to have a few grams of their ashes go for a ride on UP Aerospace's SpaceLoft SL-2 rocket

Monday, March 19, 2007

Authorities investigate aircraft parts found on Lincoln City Beach
By FlyingNews @ 8:17 AM :: 157 Views :: 0 Comments :: Flying Accidents, Weird Flying News

Federal authorities are investigating why a man found some aircraft parts washed up on the beach this afternoon in Lincoln City, authorities say.

A man walking along the beach called police shortly after 3 p.m. after he found some aircraft parts, possibly pieces of landing gear, a Lincoln County Sheriff's Department dispatcher said this evening.

The U.S. Coast Guard sent two aircraft to the area, an officer in Seattle said. Lincoln City police also are investigating, officer Paul Compton said.

The Federal Aviation Authority was notified and is sending a representative to investigate, Compton said.

Monday, March 12, 2007

JAL Pilot Reprimanded for Cockpit Photo
By FlyingNews @ 6:34 PM :: 165 Views :: 0 Comments :: Commercial Airlines, Weird Flying News

Japan Airlines Corp. said Monday it has reprimanded a pilot for allowing a cabin attendant to sit in the captain's seat and pose for photographs during a flight.

The cockpit photo session did not affect the safety of JAL Flight 422, which was on autopilot at cruise altitude, carrying 176 passengers and 14 crew members from London to Osaka on Dec. 3, last year, airline spokeswoman Yuko Takahashi said.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Body found in aircraft's wheel well is identified
By FlyingNews @ 1:45 PM :: 157 Views :: 0 Comments :: Weird Flying News

This same sad story happened to another poor soul not long ago. It doesn't say much for security if a person can cllimb into a wheel well unnoticed.

Officials on Tuesday said the body discovered in the wheel well of a jumbo jet at Los Angeles International Airport earlier this week was that of South African Samuel Peter Benjamin, 17.

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