July 9, 1997 Brazil: A TAM Airlines Fokker 100, carrying 55 passengers and five crew members, was climbing through 2400m after taking off from Sao José dos Campos when a bomb exploded in the passenger cabin at row 18, underneath seat 18D. The passenger seated in seat 18E was ejected out of the aircraft through [...]
LOS ANGELES — An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City Friday after a passenger stripped, put his clothes back on and then tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a Major League Soccer team on board, the FBI said.
Members of the New [...]
NEW YORK - A 21-year-old Drexel University student was arrested at Kennedy Airport (JFK) after going berserk aboard a British Airways flight in which he was lewd and spat on flight attendants and broke a jump seat. Taylor Kircher guzzled an entire bottle of vodka he spirited onto Flight 115 from London last Thursday, authorities [...]
A disruptive passenger caused a Paris-to-Newark flight to divert to Bangor, Maine. The passenger was a 21-year-old male of (guess where) descent who resides in Paris. He was described as being sweaty and fidgety, and he engaged in the following bizarre behavior during the flight:
- Scribbled notes, removed his shirt, and wrote in ink on [...]
Recurrent flight training today - the scenario was a flight from Charleston SC to Atlanta GA - about 25 minutes after departure got a low oil pressure warning on the number one engine. The warning was not accompanied by oil temperature increase and just about the time I got the checklist out the warning ceased. [...]
My favorite Daniel Boone quote is, when asked if he had ever been lost, “I have never been lost, but I will admit to being powerfully disoriented for several weeks.”
And I just heard this quote, “All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.”
This is my home defense [...]
Watch this clever little video for a glimpse into the life of an airline pilot …
Morning fog over northern NY from 6 miles overhead.
I’ve had a well winter and spring for the most part but I picked up a nasty cold this week. Monday I was feeling great but flew a two day trip with a first officer who was suspiciously blowing his nose and trying to suppress a cough. And he was a new-hire still on probation. [...]
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