A United Airlines Boeing 737 struck a bird as it descended into Denver International airport Tuesday morning. Flight 1475 landed safely at 9:09 a.m. and was escorted to a gate. The plane was flying from Dallas/Ft Worth to Denver. Photos show a large hole in the nose of the plane. The plane’s pilots were aware …
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Southwest B737 near LAX loses cabin pressure, makes emergency landing – The Aviation Herald
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N466WN performing flight WN-937 from Oakland,CA to Ontario,CA (USA) with 70 people on board, was enroute at FL390 about 190nm north-northwest of Los Angeles,CA (USA) when the crew initiated an emergency descent to 9000 feet reaching 9000 feet about 9 minutes later (average rate of descent 3333 feet/min) due …
USAF Still Lacks ‘Smoking Gun’ For F-22 Hypoxic Events – Aviation Week
The U.S. Air Force is narrowing its focus on new combinations of factors as it explores hypoxia events that claimed the life of one F-22 pilot and plagued the fleet for more than a year. Service officials remain frustrated, that a “smoking gun” for the cause is still elusive despite an extraordinary effort to enlist …
Crew member mental health in spotlight after captain’s breakdown – Overhead Bin / msnbc.com
Two recent incidents in which airline crew members behaved alarmingly and had to be restrained by passengers have raised questions about when and how aviation workers are screened for mental health problems. On Tuesday, JetBlue captain Clayton Osbon, 49, was locked out of the cockpit by his co-pilot after he began acting erratically on Flight …