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'We were the only airplanes in the sky' -- the surreal lives of Covid-era pilots
Darrell Myers remembers the surreal feeling last March when nearly all passenger travel shut down, leaving cargo pilots like him flying all alone.
[ cnn.com ]United Airlines engine failed after pilots throttled up, NTSB report says
The Pratt & Whitney engine part that failed with a fiery bang on United Airlines Flight 328 last month in the skies above Denver had most recently received a close inspection for wear and tear in 2016, investigators said Friday.
[ cnn.com ]'Sully': It's very rare to hear someone say 'Mayday' on the radio
Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger talks to CNN's John Berman about the United Boeing 777 flight that experienced engine failure and the training pilots receive to handle those situations.
[ cnn.com ]Commercial pilots blame pandemic downtime for in-flight mistakes
The steepest downturn in modern aviation history means plenty of airline pilots are spending weeks or months of the coronavirus pandemic idling at home.
[ cnn.com ]Pilots blame pandemic downtime for in-flight mistakes
Commercial pilots are blaming unprecedented downtime amid the coronavirus pandemic for in-flight mistakes made with passengers on board. CNN's Pete Mutean reports.
[ cnn.com ]This is the longest music video of all time
Twenty One Pilots has officially set a new record for the longest music video of all time -- clocking in at just over 4,264 hours.
[ cnn.com ]American plans 737 Max tours and Q&A sessions
American Airlines plans to convince passengers that the 737 Max is safe to fly. So it's considering tours and giving potential customers the chance to ask questions of the airline's pilots and mechanics.
[ cnn.com ]How investigators found a jet engine under Greenland's ice sheet
Four hours into a September 2017 Air France flight 66 from Paris to Los Angeles, over 500 horrified passengers felt one of the aircraft's four engines spontaneously explode. "IS THERE A PROBLEM," read the message from air traffic controllers to the pilots. The plane, with over 500 passengers onboard, was flying four thousand feet below its previous altitude and, indeed, there was a problem. The front portion of an engine had fallen off, plummeting more than seven miles to the frozen Greenland ice sheet below.
[ cnn.com ]Pilots at fault in 2019 crash of plane carrying Dale Earnhardt Jr., regulators say
Federal safety regulators on Wednesday faulted the pilots for the August 2019 crash that injured former NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife and 15-month-old daughter.
[ cnn.com ]Designing the apartment in 'Friends'
There's no apartment in New York City more famous than Monica's impossible rent-controlled, two-bedroom West Village digs. From the purple walls to the outdoor terrace, the "Friends" apartment became the quintessential ideal of everything New York could be. That's all thanks to John Shaffner, the man responsible for creating the set of "Friends." As a production designer, Shaffner has worked on 44 different series and 68 pilots, including "Dharma and Greg," "The Drew Carey Show," "Two and a Half Men," and "The Big Bang Theory."
[ cnn.com ]Man flying a jetpack was reported by pilots above Los Angeles
An unusual call came into the Los Angeles airport concerning an unidentified man flying a jetpack.
[ cnn.com ]See Russian pilots cross within 100 feet of US Air Force bomber
Two Russian aircraft made an "unsafe, unprofessional" intercept of a US Air Force B-52 bomber over the Black Sea and in international waters, according to a statement from US Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Public Affairs. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.
[ cnn.com ]Married Delta pilots retire early after decades of service
They've flown around the globe and have seen the world side by side from the best seat in the house -- the cockpit of a Delta A330.
[ cnn.com ]Pilot: "Nothing's normal about flying anymore"
Airline pilots and flight attendants speak out on the challenge of enforcing mask regulations
[ cnn.com ]Military helicopter shot at over Virginia, injuring a crew member
A US Air Force helicopter was shot at near Manassas, Virginia, on Monday injuring one of two pilots on board, according to an Air Force official.
[ cnn.com ]80 years later, China won't forget what these US pilots did
[ cnn.com ]United warns 36,000 employees they may be furloughed this fall
United Airlines is warning nearly half of its frontline workforce that they could be furloughed this Fall. The world's third-largest airline says 36,000 workers — including 15,000 flight attendants, 11,000 customer service and gate agents, 5,550 maintenance employees and 2,250 pilots — will receive layoff notices.
[ cnn.com ]Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says
More than 30% of civilian pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses and are not qualified to fly, the country's aviation minister revealed Wednesday.
[ cnn.com ]Pilots suspended after VietJet plane skids off runway
Vietnamese aviation authorities have grounded two foreign pilots after a VietJet Air passenger plane they were controlling skidded off a runway as it landed in Ho Chi Minh City, state media reported on Monday.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,Emirates airline redundancies continue for second day, sources say
Emirates laid off more pilots and cabin crew on Wednesday in a second day of redundancies at one of the world's biggest long-haul airlines, three company sources said.
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