On a stopover in Saudi Arabia, the writer strolls along the corniche, lingers over coffee and explores the historic heart of this city on the Red Sea.
Category: Pilots
-
When Something Goes Wrong With Your Flight, These People Take Charge
Inside a tornado-hardened office in Texas, 1,700 American Airlines employees manage the carrier’s operations, responding to bad weather, plane trouble and ailing passengers.
-
William Rataczak, Co-Pilot of Flight Hijacked by D.B. Cooper, Dies at 86
He was a witness to one of the most riveting unsolved crimes in American history, which inspired scores of conspiracy theories and obsessed amateur sleuths.
-
Plane Lands After Pilots Fear Someone Is Trying to Enter Cockpit
A problem with an intercom led to uncertainty. No one was hurt.
-
Now Arriving, a New Theory of In-Flight Turbulence
Physicists have devised a new model to account for the discomfort that airline passengers know all too well.
-
Newark Airport Crisis Has Eased but Tech and Staffing Issues Persist
United Airlines said it had a very good summer at Newark airport. But air traffic control equipment issues and staffing shortages remained unresolved.
-
Spirit Airlines Pilot Is Charged With Stalking Two Children
The pilot, Dominic Cipolla, was arrested in July while on duty at New Orleans International Airport, the airline said.
-
Delta Pilot Arrested in Cockpit Faces 24 Felonies in Child Sex Case
The pilot was removed from the cockpit of a plane after it landed in San Francisco on Saturday night. A woman was also charged in a related felony complaint.
-
Delta Pilot Is Arrested in Cockpit After Flight Lands in San Francisco
A senior Homeland Security official said that the pilot was arrested on charges involving child sexual abuse materials.
-
Timeline Details Final Seconds of Crashed Air India Flight
Investigators released a preliminary account of the crash, describing how the plane struggled after its fuel supply was cut.
-
What Caused the Air India Plane Crash?
Safety experts said investigators will be looking at why and how the plane started descending during its take off.
-
Drummer and Music Agent Among 6 Killed in San Diego Plane Crash
Friends paid tribute to Daniel Williams, a former drummer for the metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada, and Dave Shapiro, a music agent who worked with Sum 41, Hanson and other bands.