This has to be one of the most hilarious cases of miscommunication that I’ve seen between pilots and air traffic controllers, as flagged by PYOK. TAP Air Portugal toilet problem mistaken for pilot emergency This incident happened on a recent TAP Air Portugal flight between Lisbon, Portugal (LIS), and Nice, France (NCE). The flight was operated by a 106-seat Embraer …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link You can listen to this story on CNN’s Chance Encounters podcast. On a recent transatlantic flight from Florida to London Heathrow, married flight attendants Hunter Smith-Lihas and John Lihas locked eyes across the aisle. The two men smiled at each other, before swiftly returning to serving champagne to first class travelers. This shared smile was fleeting, …
Read More »Exclusive | The Secret to Better Airplane Navigation Could Be Inside the Earth’s Crust The Wall Street Journal Source link
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By EMMA SALETTA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 00:49, 13 July 2025 | Updated: 11:56, 13 July 2025 Delta Air Lines has issued a warning for travelers looking to fly in a main cabin seat on any flight. Delta President Glen Hauenstein revealed the airline industry is looking to cut its main-cabin capacity on all flights by around 1 percent by September. …
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The US is in the midst of the worst measles outbreak in 33 years, according to figures released this week. Driven by an outbreak in Texas, the US has now seen more measles cases in 2025 than in any year since 1992. Experts said they expect the growth in measles cases to continue, spurred on in part by the summer …
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The age-old question of what would happen if you threw a paper airplane out of the International Space Station (ISS) has been answered in a new paper. Space around our planet is getting quite full. We are a messy species, and low-Earth orbit is apparently no exception to our “we’ll clean up later” rule. One concern about the debris is …
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