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The doomed Pakistan International Airbus A320 which crashed in May was seen on CCTV scraping along the runway at Karachi airport after its pilots ‘forgot’ to put its wheels down for landing. The airliner plunged into a residential neighbourhood in Pakistan’s capital city, killing 97 of the 99 people on board after its pilots aborted an … Read more
Reginald Cook, pictured, was flying from London to Santiago in Chile for the first time as Captain when his Avro Lancastrian aircraft disappeared over the Andes The family of a pilot whose body was entombed in ice for 50 years following a mystery plane crash in the Andes have sold his wartime medals for almost … Read more
Drone ‘taxis’ with no pilots will deliver goods to houses as China trials new way to distribute merchandise in remote areas China has given a tech firm the green light to transport heavy goods with drones Footage shows the pilotless ‘taxis’ flying across mountainous areas during tests The unmanned aerial vehicle can deliver up to … Read more
His Grace the 6th Duke of Montrose was hosting a squadron of airmen at a discreet afternoon tea in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh. His guests were all crack frontline pilots who had flown against the Nazis in some of the most dangerous operations of the war. Yet while their new uniforms had been made by the … Read more
The pilots of doomed Pakistan Airlines Flight 8303 which crashed in Karachi on Friday killing 97 may have forgotten to put the wheels down before landing, analysis of flight data and cockpit recordings has suggested. Captain Sajjad Gull, Pakistan Airline’s most-senior pilot, and his co-pilot aborted their initial landing when they realised their mistake – but … Read more
Debby Ryan secretly tied the knot with her Twenty One Pilots drummer beau Josh Dun this past New Year’s Eve in Austin, Texas. And in an interview published to Vogue on Thursday, the 27-year-old star of Netflix’s Insatiable revealed that her and Dun planned the entirety of their destination wedding in just 28 days. ‘We began … Read more
RAF Top Gun pilots swoop past NATO warships as they simulate combat off of Lithuania to test the vessels’ defences days after Putin ordered six new battleships for Russia’s Baltic fleet RAF typhoons are currently based in Lithuania to defend local NATO airspace They also conduct training activities and exercises with other NATO allies Pilots … Read more
British Airways pilots could be seconded to the RAF for up to four years as airline faces struggle for survival in coronavirus lockdown Pilots facing losing their jobs with the airline could temporarily work in RAF roles The union is in talks with the RAF because of the hit the travel industry has taken It … Read more
British Airways heading for legal battle with union officials over plans to make a quarter of its pilots redundant By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:58 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 2 May 2020 British Airways is heading for a legal battle with union officials over plans to make a … Read more
At least six Super Hornet pilots made visual or instrument contact with the UFO on November 14, 2004. The encounters, which are documented in numerous interviews with first-hand witnesses, remain a mystery, and the object’s incredible speed and movements have led to speculation that it was extraterrestrial in origin. The original FLIR video from the … Read more