NEWS Aug 23, 2022 Ethiopian Airlines Flight Fails to Descend After Pilots Fall Asleep On Monday, August 15, an Ethiopian Airlines flight failed to descend as usual after the pilots fell asleep mid-flight. The pilots, flying passengers from Khartoum to Addis Ababa, eventually landed the plane safely, but have been suspended and an investigation is ongoing. Read More →

NEWS Jul 04, 2021 Boeing 737 Cargo Flight Ditches in Pacific Ocean Transair Boeing 737 ditches in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii. Read More →

NEWS Dec 31, 1969 FAA Fines Chicago $1.5 Million Just Months After $1.3 Million Fine The Federal Aviation Administration has fined the city of Chicago $1,500,000, only months after a separate $1.3 million fine. The fine comes after a plane slid off Runway 10L at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD). An American Eagle E145LR, N619AE, operating as Envoy Airlines Flight 4215, slid off the runway in November of 2019. Read More →

NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Man Struck and Killed by Aircraft in AUS On May 7, 2020, around 8:12 CST, a man was struck and killed by a jet on the runway at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas. The captain of Southwest Flight 1392 reported to ATC that "there may have been a man on the runway." The body was discovered on Runway 17R by an airport operations vehicle driver. Read More →