Plane forced into turn back just two hours into journey after passenger loses phone mid-flight
Passengers were only a quarter of the way into the 4,200-mile flight from Paris to the Caribbean Source link
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Soap actor draws backlash after performing workout mid-flight in the centre aisle of plane
Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Mexican soap opera star and fitness influencer Bárbara de Regil has drawn backlash for performing a workout routine mid-flight. The 37-year-old actor, who starred in Latin American telenovelas like Lalola and Rosario Tijeras, was traveling with her husband, Fernando Schoenwald, when she decided to unwind by turning the cabin aisle into her personal gym. She performed a full “body pump” workout mid-flight, which didn’t exactly win over her fellow passengers or online spectators. “I’m feeling crazy after nearly 35 hours in the air on planes,” the fitness guru explained, addressing her 9 million Instagram followers in an Instagram Story post. But instead of sticking to light stretches or a casual stroll, de Regil opted for a full-throttle, multistep workout, including running in place and …
Boeing Preparing to Launch Astronauts as Parts Fall Off Its Planes Mid-Flight
God help us all. Bad News After years of setbacks and bad press, Boeing and NASA are finally getting ready to launch the Starliner spacecraft. As Space.com and other outlets report, NASA and Boeing said in a series of press conferences that the launch date for the years-in-the-making program, which is slated to launch astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams, will probably take place in May. “The launch date right now is no earlier than May 1,” Steve Stitch, the program manager for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, said during a press conference Friday. “That’s driven by the [International Space Station] traffic, as you know it’s been a busy year on ISS.” This latest update comes not only after agency and company officials pushed the crewed launch date for the umpteenth time earlier in March, but also after a particularly bad few months for Boeing as its planes keep falling apart and one of its whistleblowing ex-employees turned up dead in the middle of a deposition. Indeed, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun announced today that he’s stepping …
United CEO Says Sorry Parts Keep Falling Off Our Planes Mid-Flight
Is it too late now to say sorry? All Apologies As things continue to literally and metaphorically fall apart at Boeing, the CEO of United Airlines is trying to reassure — and retain — customers. “Unfortunately, in the past few weeks, our airline has experienced a number of incidents that are reminders of the importance of safety,” United CEO Scott Kirby said in a Monday memo to customers, per airlines reporter David Slotnick. “While they are all unrelated, I want you to know that these incidents have our attention and have sharpened our focus.” This message comes amid a spate of problems for both the airline and the company that manufactures many of its planes, which has led to investigations by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transporation Safety Board. Though it wasn’t related specifically to United, the January debacle in which the door flew off a Boeing 737 during an Alaska Airlines flight seems to have kicked off a frenzy of reporting on similar episodes at various other carriers, with the Dreamliner manufacturer’s passenger …
Boeing in Trouble Again as Crack Found in Cockpit Window Mid-Flight
It’s been a bad month at Boeing. Crack Shot It’s been an astonishingly bad month for Boeing. First, a huge chunk of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet was blown off during an Alaska Airlines flight. In response, the US Federal Aviation Administration ordered more than 170 Boeing planes to be grounded, sparking a round of intense scrutiny around how its planes are built. And now, another Boeing plane is in the news for all the wrong reasons. In Japan, Reuters reports that a Boeing 737-800 was forced to turn around during a trip after the crew found a crack in the cockpit window mid-flight. On Saturday, an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight headed to Toyama had to turn back to the Sapporo-New Chitose airport after crew members found the crack in the “outermost of four layers of windows surrounding the cockpit.” The plane, which was carrying 59 passengers and a six-member flight crew, returned to the airport without incident. “The crack was not something that affected the flight’s control or pressurisation,” an ANA spokesperson …
Boeing shares fall after door panel blown out of plane mid-flight | Boeing
Shares in Boeing, and the parts supplier Spirit AeroSystems, have fallen amid renewed fears over the safety of the aircraft manufacturer’s 737 Max planes after an Alaska Airlines flight was forced into an emergency landing on Friday. Part of the jet’s fuselage that was ripped out in midair was found on Sunday in the back yard of a house in Portland, Oregon. The plug door – a panel fitted to replace an emergency door in some versions of the 737 Max 9 – tore away from the plane soon after it took off from Portland airport, bound for Ontario, California. US regulators ordered the temporary grounding of all Max 9 models with door plugs pending inspections after Friday’s incident, whose consequences could have been much more severe but for the fact the nearest seats were vacant and passengers were still wearing seatbelts. The hole in the fuselage was described as being “as wide as a refrigerator” and the wind blowing out of it was so powerful it sucked the shirt off a teenage boy sitting …