Pilots were sent a mid-flight bulletin offering them a choice on whether to announce the Queen’s death to passengers

The note was issued through the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System. Pier Marco Tacca / Contributor / Getty Images Europe Some pilots were sent a mid-flight bulletin announcing the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday afternoon. The note offered pilots a choice on whether to announce the news to passengers on board.  The […]

NBC Details Plans for Debris, La Brea, Da Vinci Code Prequel and Other Pilots

RELATED STORIES One week after detailing its plan for the 2020-21 TV season, NBC has shed light on the status of the assorted pilots that were hoping to be in contention for a spot on the schedule. Debris — in which Jonathan Tucker’s CIA analyst (Kingdom) and Riann Steele’s (NCIS: New Orleans) MI6 agent investigate the […]

Black box data shows pilots fought control system in Indonesia crash

Enlarge / Cpt Nurcahyo Utomo (head of Flight Mode Indonesian Safety Transportation Committee) during the press conference, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on November 28, 2018. (credit: Donal Husni/NurPhoto via Getty Images) More evidence supporting the theory that faulty sensor data caused the crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX in October has emerged from the […]

Black box reveals the futile struggle between pilots and computer inside the cockpit of doomed Lion Air Flight JT610

Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images The pilots of last month’s doomed Lion Air Flight JT610 fought in a life-or-death tug-of-war with a malfunctioning automated flight system, data from the flight’s black box reviewed by the New York Times show. That struggle to keep the plane from nosediving ended when the almost new Boeing 737 Max hit the […]

Japan Airlines Pilots Have Failed Breathalyzer Tests 19 Times in 15 Months

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Fighter jet off USS Ronald Reagan crashes in Philippine Sea, both pilots rescued

An F/A-18 naval fighter jet from the aircraft carrier USS ‘Ronald Reagan’ crashed into the Philippine Sea near Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, with both pilots rescued. The aircraft crashed after suffering a “mechanical issue” while traveling on a routine mission in the Philippine Sea, the US Navy said in a statement, adding that both pilots successfully […]

Indian pilots lack sleep as social media use keeps them up – Air Force Chief

In the war for a good night’s sleep, India’s top air force official has called for the service to develop a system to assess how well rested their pilots are before they fly. “Long hours” on social media are to blame. “Everybody appears to be spending long hours on social media, late nights,” Air Chief […]

Pilots Share Stories of First Flights to a Major Airport

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