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How a Bomber Pilot Saves the Day in Boeing 737 Emergency Landing
Mark Gongol was just one of the 151 passengers inside United Flight 1637 but, when the pilot had a cardiac problem, he knew he had to step in.
"Mind-Controlled" Airplanes Might Just Become a Thing
Mind-controlled airplane powered by the pilot's brainwaves? Hold on for a moment while we look for the nearest emergency exit.
That Time a Commercial Aircraft Ran Out of Fuel Mid-Flight
On July 23, 1983, in the small Canadian town of Gimli, Manitoba, Captain Robert Pearson and Co-Pilot Maurice Quintal expertly glided a 100-ton Boeing 767carrying 69 people to a safe landing without engines, air brakes or flaps, and minimal control of the aircraft.
MH370 Satellite Data is Now Available for Anyone to Investigate
The Malaysian government has today publicly published the final ping transmissions between Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and an Inmarsat satellite that it was communicating with before it disappeared—so now anyone can investigate what happened to the aircraft.
