Air India has been having more problems than curry setting off fire alarms. The airline announced it will be paying 31,000 employees two weeks late. “The national carrier is facing perhaps its toughest ever crisis,” said Kapil Kaul who is the chief executive officer. The airline saw a loss of over $800 million in the […]
Stories by David Parker Brown
Continental Airlines made a little mistake with sending a ten year old girl to Newark, when her grandparents were waiting for her in Cleveland. Her grandparents called her father asking where she was when she didn’t get off the plane. For 45 long minutes the father was panicked trying to track down the location of […]
Helvetic Airways used to have a keen pink (or magenta) livery, but now have a much more conservative swiss livery. The airline was flying mostly for SWISS and decided to change their livery to better match. Image: s.niemelainen
An Air India flight from Mumbai to Frankfurt had a little scare after the cockpit got warning of a possible fire in the cargo hold. The pilots of the Boeing 747-400 turned on the fire extinguishers and made an emergency landing back to Mumbai. It was determined that a 6.5lb of curry that was checked […]
LAX, which is known for their “close calls” and poor safety record, announced a new warning system aimed at preventing runway accidents. The $7 million project uses a combination of a runway status light system, radar, and traffic controllers to maintain the safety of all the aircraft and support vehicles. Lights on the pavement will […]