SAS flight diverts after mouse crawls out of passenger’s meal

Agence France Presse 09/22/2024

OSLO — A mouse that crawled out of a passenger’s meal has forced a SAS flight to make an unscheduled landing, the company said on Friday. The incident occurred during Wednesday’s Oslo to Malaga flight, forcing the…

Cambodian man lands ‘airplane’ home in ricefield

Agence France Presse 03/25/2023

SIEM REAP, Cambodia — A Cambodian airplane fanatic has built his house shaped like a private jet—despite never having been up in the air himself. Construction worker Chrach Peou spent his $20,000 life savings building the concrete…

Hong Kong dog flies business class, and some netizens bite back

The Straits Times 03/19/2023

Not quite a dog’s life, at least for four-year-old Fifi. The miniature long-haired dachshund from Hong Kong has become an online sensation, after a video of the dog traveling in business class on a flight went viral,…

Coast Guard K9 unit shows photos of Cessna wreckage in Isabela

Zacarian Sarao 03/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Photos of the wreckage of the Cessna plane that went missing for almost two months were released by the Coast Guard K9 Field Operating Unit on Sunday. The photos showed the wreckage of the…

Boeing’s 747, the original jumbo jet, prepares for final send-off

Reuters 01/30/2023

SEATTLE/PARIS — Boeing’s 747, the original and arguably most aesthetic “Jumbo Jet,” revolutionized air travel only to see its more than five-decade reign as “Queen of the Skies” ended by more efficient twinjet planes. The last commercial…

Low risk of Covid infection on planes if masks worn: US military

10/16/2020

Washington—The risk of being infected with the coronavirus on an airliner is very low if passengers wear masks, according to a study carried out aboard Boeing long-haul jets by the US military and published Thursday, October 15,…

LOOK: Pilot saved from airplane stuck, hanging upside down in power lines

11/26/2019

By a stroke of luck, a man from Minnesota survived what could have been a deadly crash of a plane through power lines. Thomas Koskovich, 65 years old, was rescued by the Scott County Sheriff’s Office last…

Woman in China opens airplane emergency exit for ‘fresh air’

Inquirer.net 09/27/2019

A woman in China caused a flight to be delayed after she opened an airplane emergency door for “fresh air” on Monday, Sept. 23. Passengers were on a Xiamen Airlines plane in Wuhan that was soon to…

Passengers asked to chip in for repair of airplane

Inquirer.net 11/22/2018

Passengers on their way to Warsaw, Poland, from Beijing Capital International Airport were asked to chip in 2,500 RMB (about P18,800) to pay for the repair of a broken hydraulic pump on their plane. The odd experience…

PAL to add 5 new domestic routes from Cebu by first quarter this year

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/26/2017

National flag-carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) continues its domestic expansion with the opening of new routes from Cebu in the first quarter of 2017. Harry Inoferio, PAL senior assistant vice president for sales, announced on Thursday a direct…

AirAsia PH CEO recalls the 1994 bombing of Philippine Airline’s Flight 434

Ryan Macasero 01/21/2017

(First part) Just before sunrise in Manila, Dexter Comendador, a systems engineer for Philippine Airlines reported for work. He, along with pilots Captain Eduardo Reyes and First Officer Jaime Herrera were scheduled to command Philippine Airlines Flight…

CAAP probes co-pilot’s death

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/19/2016

The reported death of a co-pilot of a Cebu-bound Cebu Pacific flight from Singapore last Saturday prompted an investigation from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and an appeal from a co-pilot’s friend to the…

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