One adventurous soul decided to test out the high life, soaring through the skies like a millionaire – all without breaking the bank.
Durban’s King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) witnessed the full spectrum of existence last week, with an unexpected birth and death in the space of a few days.
The freak death occurred on the apron as a KLM flight was preparing to depart Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.
A fighter jet stunt went horribly wrong in Bangladesh, leading to the sudden death of the 32-year-old pilot.
Boeing’s safety record is going down in flames.
After take-off, ground staff at OR Tambo reported witnessing what appeared to be damage to one of the aircraft’s back wheels.
This event will kick start with one of the Museum’s very own aircraft racing the fastest train in South Africa, the Gautrain.
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.
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).
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.
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.
The Embraer 135 Jet had 32 passengers and three crew on board and fortunately, no injuries have been reported.
So, what, is throwing a tantrum on a plane the new way to get TikTok fame?
A commercial plane took off with two missing window assemblies and reached more than 3,000 metres before anyone realised something was wrong.
A private aerospace engineering firm has designed a glass pod with a pair of seats inside that can be fitted on existing commercial aircraft to provide passengers with a 360-degree view during flight.
A couple who got caught having a bit of a sexy time in an aeroplane loo were shamed by staff who opened the door in full view of all the passengers, and now their mile-high debut is being seen by millions in a viral video.
Social media has been flooded with videos showing a aeroplane, purported to have Prigozhin on board, falling from the sky.
The pilot of a Cold War-era jet noticed it was losing power and decided to eject himself and a crew member before the Soviet fighter plane crashed in suburban Detroit.
This is not the first time that a pilot has drawn a rude shape in the sky. All kinds of aeroplanes from commercial flights to military aircraft have been caught tracing naughty patterns.
The man realised he could not get up after his 6-hour flight which landed on Saturday, and the crew members on the British Airways flight couldn’t help him either. Emergency ground crews were eventually called and after removing the door and employing a hoist, the man was safely lowered to the tarmac.
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.
This has some serious ‘Final Destination’ vibes to it. A female passenger on an American Airlines flight caused a five-hour delay after she freaked out over someone who was “not real”.
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.
It looks like the Texas airport worker who was sucked into a jet engine Friday night wasn’t exactly a freak accident.
Carbone had been a flight attendant at the airline for 24 years but has now been fired for obvious reasons.
There’s even a jacuzzi with an ocean view in the cockpit.
According to the lawsuit, a” gentleman of advanced age” became stuck in the seat as it was being reclined and then a flight attendant had to “forcibly” free him.
Usually, you would expect passengers to bail out of a stricken aeroplane, but in this case, the plane had its own parachute which saved the lives of everyone onboard.
Seven people aboard a Lufthansa ‘flight from hell’ were taken to a hospital after the plane dropped almost 1 200 metres in severe turbulence.
Lufthansa has revealed a closer look at its new ‘private room’ for the skies.