Posts Tagged ‘ Passengers ’

FAA warns passenger Grant Cardone against use of ipad in plane emergencies

May 6, 2012
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A Delta Air Lines flight took off from John F Kennedy Airport and was hit by a bird strike. Grant Cardone, 54, a passenger on the plane, used his iPad to film the bird strike. The flight was bound for Los Angeles but had to be canceled. The pilot turned the plane around and managed…

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Hawaiian Airlines A330 For Osaka-Honolulu

January 11, 2012
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Hawaiian Airlines has good customer traffic plying the route between Osaka and Honolulu. Hawaiian Airlines upgrades its airplane for that flight route to a A330. The larger aircraft will be able to seat 294 passengers. Hawaiian will start its A330 plane flying the route in April 2012.

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US Airways Pilot Raises Security Concern Over UAE Passengers

November 27, 2011
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The UAE is crying foul over an incident when its citizens were targetted for re-screening by TSA. Some UAE nationals were going to fly from Charlotte, North Craolina, to Washington, when they weer deplaned and asked to go through screening a second time.

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Ryanair in-Flight Entertainment

November 12, 2011
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Nov 8 2011 – Ryanair is considering to add adult entertainment to its in-flight entertainment. The TV screens at the back of airplane seats will be programmed to include X-rated films, for adult passengers. Children with designated searts will not have access to porn on the screens.

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Kingfisher Airlines 11/11/11 Canceled Flights

November 12, 2011
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Kingfisher Airlines has cancelled many flights on Friday, Nov 11, 2011. This was not a response to the suspicious date 11/11/11, but because of operational problems.

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Allegiant Air Flight 357

November 7, 2011
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Allegiant Air Flight 357 (from Medford MFR to Las Vegas LAS) had a plane with a blown engine. Allegiant Air’s plane, with 2 engines, was a MD-83. There were 145 passengers and crew on board. Fortunately, the engine exploded before full take off at the airport in Medford, Oregon. The pilot pulled the brakes to…

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Qantas QF31 Engine Trouble

November 7, 2011
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A flight from Qantas, flying from Singapore to London, experienced engine trouble. QF31 had a bad scare when one engine shut down. The problem happened on Fri, Nov 4, 2011. The A380 airplane crew noticed a problem with the quantity of oil in one of its engines. The crew decided to shut down the engine.…

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Scoot Airlines

November 2, 2011
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Singapore Airlines has started a new budget airline called Scoot. It hopes to fly passengers and scoot them to destinations that are within 5 to 10 hours of flight time, from Singapore’s base at Changi Airport. This means Scoot will be plying routres traveling to China and Australia. Scoot will start flying its fleet of…

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JetBlue Plane On Tarmac For 7 Hours

November 1, 2011
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JetBlue is being investigated by federal authorities after a case happened. The airline is accused of holding their passengers for 7 hours on the tarmac. The Jet Blueplane, flying on Flight 504, was scheduled to fly from Fort Lauderdale to Newark, in New Jersey. However, the plane was diverted to Bradley Airport, in Connecticut. A…

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Qantas Airlines Strike Stranded Travelers

November 1, 2011
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Qantas grounds its entire fleet of 108 airplanes after labor strikes hit the airline. Labor unions want revisions to pay and working conditions. There are 17 Commonwealth leaders, who are affected by Qantas’ strike. The leaders are starnded in Perth, after their summit ended, as they could not fly out of Australia.

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