A video posted on YouTube features a small plane making an emergency landing on a busy road in Irvine, California. The dashboard camera footage appears to show the aircraft speeding down Irvine street narrowly missing several vehicles before coming to a complete stop. Thankfully, no one was injured in the incident.
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Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Hail Damages Aircraft
A Delta Airlines flight from Boston to Salt Lake City had to land in Denver after baseball-sized hail severely damaged its windshield, nose and navigation systems. Many said they were lucky to be alive after relatively normal turbulence became a ‘roller coaster’ up in the air. The flight safely landed at Denver International Airport just… Continue reading Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Hail Damages Aircraft
Pilot Gets Locked Out of Cockpit Right Before Landing
A Delta Air Lines flight heading from Minneapolis to Las Vegas was forced to make an emergency landing after the pilot was locked out of the cockpit. After taking a bathroom break, the pilot tried to return to the cockpit but couldn’t get back in, prompting the crew to make a distress call to McCarran International Airport.… Continue reading Pilot Gets Locked Out of Cockpit Right Before Landing
Picture Of The Day: Multiple Selfie
Photographer Timothy LaBranche recently took an extraordinary selfie shot inside the Embraer E-190 airplane. He took a photo of himself sitting in the plane, then he repeated the process, one in every seat, posing as all 100 passengers. via: Peta Pixel
Explosion Causes JetBlue Flight to Make Emergency Landing
JetBlue Flight 1416 was 15 minutes into its trip from Long Beach to Austin, Texas, when it had to make an emergency landing, after one of two engines had problems shortly after takeoff. Passengers express confusion and a child cries hysterically in the background as the airplane prepares to make an emergency landing at Long Beach Airport, California.… Continue reading Explosion Causes JetBlue Flight to Make Emergency Landing
Selfies Taken During Emergency Landing
A passenger posts a photo on twitter of him wearing an oxygen mask as his plane made an emergency landing in Paris on Tuesday night. The TP668 TAP Portugal flight confirmed that the flight from Lisbon to Amsterdam had been diverted due to what they described as a “technical failure.” “So I’ve been on the… Continue reading Selfies Taken During Emergency Landing
Leaks Keep A380 Fleet Grounded
Oil leaks have been found in some of the Rolls-Royce engines that power the Qantas fleet of A380 super jumbos. The problem was discovered in three engines of the Australian airline’s six Airbus A380s – grounded since an engine explosion forced a flight carrying 450 people to make an emergency landing last week. Read BBC… Continue reading Leaks Keep A380 Fleet Grounded