Pilot Lands Plane On Belly After Retracting Landing Gear To Avoid Rooftops

Pilot Lands Plane On Belly After Retracting Landing Gear To Avoid Rooftops

Folks are pretty rattled about problems with big jets thanks to some high profile incidents involving Boeing aircraft, but it’s actually the little guys you have to look out for. Case in point, this small Cessna which came incredibly close to crashing through someone’s house over the weekend. The 2024 Indy 500 Will Be Remembered … Read more

Boeing 737 Loses Body Panel Mid-Flight, Lands Safely

Boeing 737 Loses Body Panel Mid-Flight, Lands Safely

On Friday, March 15, 2024, a Boeing 737-8000 flight landed safely in Medford, Oregon despite the fact that it was missing an entire body panel, which had fallen off mid-flight, NBC News reports. It’s the latest public failure for the company’s aircrafts. Thankfully, no one was hurt. The 2024 Nissan Frontier Hardbody Edition Is Retro … Read more

This Website Lets You Search For Flights That Don’t Use Boeing

This Website Lets You Search For Flights That Don’t Use Boeing

Screenshot: Alternative Flights Air travel lately has been pretty hellish, and things have only gotten worse now that Boeing and its aircraft have come under fire for their increased danger. But what if there was a way you could find flights that didn’t use Boeing aircraft? Maybe it would make some people feel better about … Read more

Passengers Want $1 Billion After ‘Frightful, Death-Threatening Failure’ Of Boeing Door Plugs

Passengers Want  Billion After ‘Frightful, Death-Threatening Failure’ Of Boeing Door Plugs

Boeing and Alaska Airlines are being sued for $1 billion in damages by three passengers who were onboard a 737 Max 9 flight that suffered a now-infamous door panel blowout midflight. The suit accuses both parties of negligence. Why You Should Trade in Your Old Audi A3 for a Used Polestar 2 | WCSYB? Announced … Read more

Passengers Watch In Horror As Plane Wing Disintegrates Around Them

Passengers Watch In Horror As Plane Wing Disintegrates Around Them

When you’re on a long flight, there’s nothing better than gazing aimlessly out the window at the clouds rushing by. When you’re gazing out the window, I image this serenity is somewhat shattered if you see chunks of the very plane you’re sitting on breaking off, as passengers on one Boston-bound flight witnessed this week. … Read more

World’s Abandoned Airports Offer An Eerie Journey Through Bad Decisions And Worse Wars

World’s Abandoned Airports Offer An Eerie Journey Through Bad Decisions And Worse Wars

A tiny airstrip on an atoll over 700 miles away from Hawaii doesn’t seem like it belongs with the city-wide international airports we’ve discussed so far, but the Johnston Atoll Airport was home to some fascinating U.S. history. The atoll is part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands. The island, for years, was used … Read more

Alaska Airlines Grounds All Boeing 737-9 Planes After Door Blows Out Mid-Air

Alaska Airlines Grounds All Boeing 737-9 Planes After Door Blows Out Mid-Air

Kyle Rinker, a passenger on the flight, told CNN that a window popped off soon after takeoff. Washington: Alaska Airlines grounded its Boeing 737-9 planes on Friday after a flight with 177 people onboard made an emergency landing in the US state of Oregon, with passengers reporting a plane window panel blew out after takeoff. … Read more