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Aviation
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Cape Town International Airport Does It Again – Crowned Best In Africa For Ninth Year In A Row
22 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
It also received acknowledgement for the Best Airport Staff Service in Africa for the fourth consecutive year.
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Skilled Pilots Safely Lands FlySafair Plane With Wheel Damage [Video]
22 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
After take-off, ground staff at OR Tambo reported witnessing what appeared to be damage to one of the aircraft’s back wheels.
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The 2024 SAAF Museum Air Show Will Be ‘A Flight Through Time’
12 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
This event will kick start with one of the Museum’s very own aircraft racing the fastest train in South Africa, the Gautrain.
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Woman Has A ‘Cartoonish Meltdown’ After Being Asked To Leave Aeroplane [Video]
05 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
A woman gave a – ahem – spirited performance on a Spirit Airlines flight recently.
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World’s Shortest Runway Overlooking A Cliff Presents A Major Challenge For Pilots [Video]
15 Mar 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Try manoeuvring a plane on a 400-metre runway that drops straight off a cliff into the ocean below, while unpredictable weather makes landing all the more risky.
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Two Pilots Fell Asleep In An Indonesian Aeroplane Carrying 153 Passengers
11 Mar 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Both the pilot and co-pilot fell asleep at the same time for around 30 minutes during a flight from Kendari in Southeast Sulawesi province to the capital Jakarta on January 25.
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What Happens To All The Aircrafts At This $34 Billion Plane Graveyard?
29 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The spot officially holds over 3,280 aircraft and 13 aerospace vehicles from the United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy, Marine Corps, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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Airbus Is Developing A Supersonic Aircraft Capable Of Flying From NY To LDN In One Hour
23 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The supersonic jet up Airbus’ sleave is promised to fly at more than two times the maximum speed of the Concorde.
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Flight Forced To U-Turn After Maggots Rained Down On Passengers
16 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
These passengers might have preferred snakes on a plane, honestly.
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FlySafair Flight Diverted Quickly To Save The Life Of A Passed Out Passenger
13 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
On Monday, a FlySafair flight had to make an emergency landing in Bloemfontein to save a passenger’s life.
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Lufthansa Passenger Dies Mid-Flight After Spewing ‘Litres Of Blood’
12 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
In a scene fit for a horror movie, a man died after coughing up “litres of blood” on board a flight from Bangkok to Munich just recently.
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Top CO2 Polluter Of 2022 Taylor Swift Threatens To Sue Florida Student For Tracking Her Private Jet
08 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
“Elon already got so much shit for picking a fight with this kid, she should really not expect this to go super well PR-wise.”
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Popular YouTuber Tears Into South African Airlink With Scathing Flight Review [Video]
06 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
We wonder if anyone else has had as bad an experience flying with Airlink as this YouTuber?
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Hero Pilot’s ‘Desperate Evasive Tactics’ Saved Air Force Crew After Helicopter Comes Under Fire In DRC
05 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The Oryx presumably came under fire by the ‘infamous M23 forces’, a rebel group that has previously said they are ready to fight the South African military stationed in DRC.
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Amelia Earhart’s Lost Plane May Have Been Found
30 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were last seen taking off from Papua New Guinea on July 2, 1937.
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Watch A Plane In Turkey Fly Dangerously Low Over Motorway To Make Emergency Landing [Video]
26 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Folks driving up and down a Turkish highway recently must have had the fright of their lives as a plane started flying towards them, dangerously low.
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The Reason Airline Are Slowly Phasing Out First Class
25 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
If the memory of strolling through the first-class section to board a plane eludes you, it’s possible that the airline has discreetly phased it out.
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ACSA Speaks Out About Alleged Luggage Tampering And Stealing At O.R. Tambo International Airport [Video]
09 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is in hot water after news of baggage tampering at O.R Tambo International Airport surfaced recently.
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Seth’s End Of Year Message To The People
15 Dec 2023 by Seth / No Comments
One can now understand why a word as silly as ‘silly’ is used to describe these end-of-year scenes. It’s because we’re using a phrase from the 19th century.
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The Cape Winelands Airport Is A Step Closer To Becoming Reality
14 Dec 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Construction of the Cape Winelands Airport will begin in 2025.
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South Africa’s Fourth International Airport Is Set To Make The Kruger National Park More Accessible
12 Dec 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The move to open the airport up to international travellers should make it easier for everyone to get to and from the Kruger National Park.
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Watch This Wild Video Of A Ukrainian Air Force Fighter Jet Making An Incredibly Low Airfield Pass
01 Dec 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The way the jet hugs the ground before soaring back up into the sky is a remarkable show of aviation abilities. But it’s still risky business.
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Retired Flight Attendant Shares The Hidden Hells Of Life In The Air [Video]
10 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
A retired flight attendant for Virgin Australia shared a video explaining some of the more gruelling aspects of the job.
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A Commercial Plane Flew For Over Half An Hour With Two Missing Windows
09 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
A commercial plane took off with two missing window assemblies and reached more than 3,000 metres before anyone realised something was wrong.
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Couple On Qatar Airways Flight Left Horrified By How The Cabin Crew Managed A Dead Woman Right Next To Them
10 Oct 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Two aeroplane passengers were forced to sit next to a woman who was found in an unresponsive state during the 14-hour journey.
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Why First Class Flying Is The Biggest Scam In The Travel Industry
25 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Upgrading to first class often just means paying fifteen times the amount of money for a little more wiggle room. Is that even worth it?
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Report Finds ‘Inadequately Trained’ SAA Crew Lost Control Of Plane
21 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
A German report found that a South African Airways flight crew temporarily lost control of an Airbus 340-346 on a commercial flight from Johannesburg to Frankfurt with 259 people on board in 2018.
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Disney Heiress Arrested In New York For Protesting Use Of Private Jets
20 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Move over, Mulan, there’s a new Disney princess here to save the day.
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Some Passengers Hospitalised From Plane Turbulence On Way To Sydney – Science Writer Explains Why Flights Are Getting Bumpier
04 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The bad news is that flights are getting bumpier; there have been several reports of dangerous – and in one instance fatal – turbulence in recent months.
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Bloody Pilot Navigates Plane To Safety After Giant Bird Smashed Through Window [Video]
19 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
This pilot may have had blood splattered all over his face, but he wasn’t the least bit ruffled as he navigated his plane back to safety.
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