A stunning blend of geographic features renders Bhutan a visual masterpiece. However, these same elements also transform flying in and out into a highly specialised skill.
Pilots, air traffic controllers, cabin crew, flight engineers, and other aviation staff who were examined by Dr Nonhlanhla Sishaba are being asked to come in for re-examination after it was found she issued fraudulent medical certificates.
The Cessna skimmed over two hangars before hitting the runway and grinding to a halt.
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 flight school claims that they are just one of many academies around the world, yet they are being targeted by the US.
The organisation’s website defines Living Legends of Aviation as “admirable people of remarkable accomplishment in aviation”.
A team of engineers and researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) is currently developing a humanoid robot that can fly aeroplanes without the need to modify the cockpit.
41-year-old stunt pilot Dario Costa now holds the Guinness World Record for Longest Tunnel Flown through with an Airplane.
A small single-engine plane made an emergency landing on a highway in California, crashing straight into a couple who happened to be celebrating their wedding anniversary.
Earlier this week, a deal between SAA and the SAA Pilots Association (SAAPA) was finally sealed, finalising the retrenchment of many pilots.
After student pilot Brian Parsley took off on his first solo cross-country flight, he was forced to make an emergency landing following engine failure.
Some of these pilots have more followers than Hollywood celebrities, and could afford to quit their day jobs to become Instagram influencers.
More and more US Navy personnel are speaking out about their experience with UFOs, and the Pentagon is due to release a report on the matter by June 1.
BMW has created an electric wingsuit that propels the wearer through the sky at up to 300km/h. Nifty, if that’s your vibe.
The mysterious person in a jetpack has been spotted, once again, at Los Angeles International Airport.
Air traffic controllers have to deal with enough stress at work without throwing a ‘person’ with a jetpack into the mix.
A Russian pilot used his expert flying skills to save the lives of more than 230 people when a flock of seagulls collided with his plane.
You have to really trust your technology to hop in an air taxi and take to the skies. Here’s what went down in Austria yesterday.
Cops bust SAA pilot with fake licence. Boeing 737s grounded. Trump on Tim Apple flub. Conor McGregor arrested. Drunkorexia on campus. Pelican stunt backfires. Zidane’s Real return. Beckhams hit $1 billion.
Settle in for the story of William Chandler, the senior SAA pilot who resigned earlier this year after it was discovered he had flown for more than 20 years with fraudulent paperwork.
If something is going to go wrong on a flight, history has shown that these are most certainly the pilots you want in the cockpit.
There’s something soothing about hearing the captain’s voice running passengers through the flight plans. Less so if he’s slurring.
When the windshield of a plane suddenly shattered at 32 000 feet, a pilot and his co-pilot were forced into emergency action.
Most Dutch citizens know that King Willem-Alexander is a qualified pilot, but they’re less likely to know that he might have flown them abroad.
SAA is in financial trouble and it’s board has lost all its support – but why? Check out five reasons from the M&G.
When you have yourself something of a shocker you just hope no one caught it on camera. If they did you better hope it never reaches Reddit, as this poor pilot found out.
Flying these days is super fun. You’re either worrying about catching a deadly disease or falling out of the sky. Fun times…
We don’t know about you, but we have always wondered how the flight attendants on long-haul flights stay awake and bubbly – We have their secret … check this out
Let’s just state the obvious, and explain that if you are spending 95% of your time either in the sky or at a hotel in a foreign country during a lay over, chances are you’re living a pretty lonely lifestyle.
The fond and familiar mumble of “this is is your captain speaking” could soon be a distant memory. New robotics could replace pilots on passenger planes within the next few years, according to experts.