January 5
On January 5, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 – a Boeing 737 Max 9 – lost a door plug at 16,000 feet on a flight from Portland, Oregon, to Ontario, California.
That part is designed to replace an unneeded emergency exit door, and it blew out within just 20 minutes of takeoff.
An emergency landing was required and the plane landed safely, but a teddy bear, two mobile phones, a child’s t-shirt were all said to have have flown
Amusement park guests in Ohio were forced to walk down a 200+ foot roller coaster by stairs after a mechanical issue.
The incident happened at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio on Monday, when guests at the amusement park had to evacuate the Magnum XL-200 roller coaster due to a mechanical issue.
Tony Clark, director of communications for Cedar Point told Fox News Digital that the incident was the result of a “standard ride stoppage” which triggered the guest evacuation.
He
Two people have died after two aircraft collided mid-air in Brisbane, Australia.
The incident between the light aircraft occurred at Caboolture Airfield on Friday morning (July 28).
Despite the efforts of paramedics and rescue workers, both occupants of one of the planes died.
Footage of the crash site shows a large number of paramedics and emergency workers at the scene.
Following the accident, it was announced that the victims of the crash were a man and a woman in their
A couple had a meltdown on a flight from Minneapolis to Los Angeles. A video of the frightening incident was shot by fellow passenger Patrick Wayland and aired on Inside Edition.
Seventy-five minutes after takeoff they started becoming unruly. It began when passenger Anna C. Koosmann tried to use the bathroom just after takeoff.
When the flight attendant asked her to sit down, she and her partner allegedly lost it. After the situation became alarming, the crew decided that they
In what could be a historic first, a US space company will attempt to catch a rocket falling back to Earth using a helicopter.
The mid-air capture has been tried before, albeit unsuccessfully by NASA in 2004, but if it works it could provide a dramatic advancement in launch capabilities and a new way for rocket launchers to be reused.
A hook mounted on a helicopter will be used to latch onto the rocket’s parachute as it slows from speeds
