Boeing is one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers. Founded on July 15, 1916, Boeing has a 106-year history of ups and downs, building and delivering more than 20,000 airplanes. As you would expect, the first planes they made were not nearly what we see in aviation today, so without a long introduction, let’s take…
Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System or MCAS for short, is a system installed on Boeing 737 Max airplanes to improve aircraft handling and to correct aircraft attitude in abnormal flight conditions. This system became known for the accidents it caused: Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 which occurred only 5 months apart. How…
Over the years, many airplanes have been abandoned all over the world for various interesting reasons. Let’s take a look at 7 abandoned aircraft together, to see the story behind them and how time has left its mark on these planes. 1. C-121 Lockheed Constellation abandoned in Antarctica In October 1970, this Lockheed Constellation C-121…
On February 13, 2018, a Boeing 777-222 aircraft operating United Airlines flight 1175 suffered a severe engine failure that nearly resulted in a catastrophe. Over the Pacific Ocean, with nowhere nearby to land and with a plane vibrating extremely hard, the real heroes of this story, the pilots of flight 1175 managed to bring 378…
The Miracle on the Hudson is one of the most incredible stories in aviation. On January 15, 2009, an Airbus A320 operating United States Airways Flight 1549 landed on the Hudson River in New York after both engines were lost. All 155 people on board were saved by the decision and skill of the pilots….
The deadliest airplane crashes have always been in the public eye. Over the years, many people have lost their lives onboard planes. Each accident has taught us something and air travel has become the safest means of transport in the world. It has come at the price of many lives lost but let’s see what…
On 10 June 1990, one of the most incredible incidents in aviation history occurred when a pilot was sucked out of a plane. British Airways Flight 5390 using a BAC One-Eleven, took off from Birmingham Airport with the destination of Malaga, Spain. Just 15 minutes after take-off, over Didcot, Oxfordshire, a window in the pilot’s…
Airplane turbulence is a sudden change in the direction of air movement through which the aircraft is moving. They are normal and occur quite often, so to prevent unnecessary panic, the passengers should know what turbulence is, what causes it, and when it might be dangerous. What causes airplane turbulence Airplane turbulence can have multiple…
Ever since the Wright brothers’ first flight, air travel has evolved in an attempt to travel as quickly and cheaply as possible. Everyone knows that air travel is the fastest means of transport today, but which commercial airplane can you travel fastest on and which is the fastest commercial airplane for each major airline? What…
The Tenerife Airport Disaster happened on March 27, 1977, at 5:06 p.m., when two Boeing 747s operating the flights KLM 4805 and Pan Am 1736 collided on the runway of Los Rodeos Airport on the Spanish island of Tenerife, causing the deadliest accident in aviation history that resulted in the loss of 583 crew members…
