Cockpit

Black Boxes of AirAsia found 12 January 2015

The two black boxes of AirAsia flight have been found by the rescue teams which are in search for the past two weeks. However, the authorities said the second black box which is spotted on Sunday, is stuck under heavy...

Keywords: Java sea, AirAsia, Black box, Indonesian Navy

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Cockpit voice tape suggests pilot locked out 26 March 2015

German jetliner en route from Barcelona, Spain, to Dusseldorf, Germany, plunged from the sky on Tuesday and slammed into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board. Helicopters and rescue personnel swarmed for rescue operations. The authorities and executives...

Keywords: Paris, Plane crash, Germany, Lufthansa

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Fear-and-Napping-in-the-sky; Just hope it's not true..! 20 November 2012

First as a disclaimer we must tell you that don't read any further if you are to take a flight within a short while. The reason is, even though our intention is not to scare you off but the news...

Keywords: scary news, eca, pilots sleeping on board, pilots sleeping on board

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Pilot flies woman in cockpit against rules 23 August 2012

A head pilot of the Kingfisher Airlines had violated the DGCA norms of not allowing any unauthorized person into the cockpit after he had taken a woman into the cockpit on a Delhi-Mumbai flight. He also didn't pay heed to...

Keywords: DGCA, Kingfisher Airlines, cockpit, DGCA

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Fear-and-Napping-in-the-sky; Just hope it's not true..! 20 November 2012

First as a disclaimer we must tell you that don't read any further if you are to take a flight within a short while. The reason is, even though our intention is not to scare you off but the news...

Keywords: commercial airlines, commercial airlines, new aviation study., weird news

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Pilot avoids tragedy to plane carrying MPs 25 March 2011

Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal, Guntur MP Mr Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, Secunderabad MP Anjana Kumar Yadav of the congress and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi (Majlis) today had a providential escape when the pilot of their aircraft observed cracks in the cockpit...

Keywords: Guntur MP Mr Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, Secunderabad MP Anjana Kumar Yadav, cracks in cockpit mirror, MPs’ plane

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Hijack high drama at Thiruvananthapuram airport 19 October 2012

Commandos surrounded a plane an the Thiruvananthapuram airport after a pilot sent out an emergency hijack alert to the officials today morning. However, this was only high drama as the alert was sent to the officials after the passengers tried...

Keywords: Thiruvananthapuram, hijack, emergency message, Abu Dhabi

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